"explain" meaning in Anglais

See explain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \ɪkˈspleɪn\, \ɪkˈspleɪn\, ɪkˈspleɪn Audio: En-us-explain.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-explain.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-explain.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-explain.wav Forms: to explain [infinitive], explains [present, third-person, singular], explained [preterite], explained [participle, past], explaining [participle, present]
  1. Expliquer.
    Sense id: fr-explain-en-verb-0qo206Aj
  2. Justifier.
    Sense id: fr-explain-en-verb-yGCdJF09
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: explicate Derived forms: explanation, explanatory Derived forms (inexpliqué): unexplained Related terms (inexplicable): inexplicable

Inflected forms

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      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes transitifs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "explanation"
    },
    {
      "word": "explanatory"
    },
    {
      "sense": "inexpliqué",
      "word": "unexplained"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "ipas": [
        "\\ɪkˈspleɪn\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "explains",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɪkˈspleɪnz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "explained",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɪkˈspleɪnd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "explained",
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        "\\ɪkˈspleɪnd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "\\ɪkˈspleɪ.nɪŋ\\"
      ],
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        "present"
      ]
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  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "\\ɪkˈspleɪn\\"
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    }
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    {
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        "\\ɪkˈspleɪn\\"
      ],
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
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        "\\ɪkˈspleɪnz\\"
      ],
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "\\ɪkˈspleɪnd\\"
      ],
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        "\\ɪkˈspleɪnd\\"
      ],
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        "Expliquer."
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    },
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        "Justifier."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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