Словарь синонимов английского языка - explain

(v) 1. interpret, define, explicate, detail, delineate, make plain, simplify, spell out, resolve, get acrosc, clarify, clear up, elucidate, illustrate, expound, describe, disclose, unfold, unravel, untangle: The teacher explained dhe theory so that even I could understand it. 2. Also, explain away. justify, account for, excuse, rationalize, legitimate, legitimatize, extenuade, palliate: You will be required to explain your absence.