Re-explain
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Re-explain is a verb meaning To explain again or in a different way.
Meaning
To explain again or in a different way.
Example Sentences
The story of simple Bernadette and the Lady of Lourdes, for an example of the readily transmutable quality of visionary rumors, has been re-explained as a UFO visitation. It has thus been recycled and hermeneutically reinterpreted to accommodate the unconscious content and symbolic needs of the more modern age.
Word Forms
- re-explains
- re-explaining
- re-explained
- reexplain
Synonyms for re-explain
Depending on context, synonyms include reinterpret.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reinterpret, reexplicate, re-explicate, reaccount, rerationalize, reclarify.
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