Explicate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɛk.splɪˌkeɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Explicate is a verb meaning (transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.
Meaning
(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.
Example Sentences
My homework is to explicate a poem.
Isou himself, enemy of all conventional discourse, wrote hundreds, then thousands of pages explicating his theories; […]
Alternatively, there is the possibility of an extended narration composed of events that are not (wholly) explicated but are, nevertheless, possible and may even have taken place.
In laying out these archetypes, Mr. Booker […] does a nimble job of collating dozens of stories, using the 34 years he says it took him to write this volume to identify and explicate all sorts of parallels and analogies that might not occur to the casual reader.
Word Forms
- explicates
- explicating
- explicated
Synonyms for explicate
Depending on context, synonyms include analyze, elucidate, explicitate, develop, explain, formulate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include explain, formulate, develop, explicitate, detail, expound.
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