explicate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make plain and comprehensible
He explained the laws of physics to his students
Types & categories
- inform hypernym
- rede hyponym
- account for hyponym
- naturalize hyponym
- clear up hyponym
- comment hyponym
Related & opposite
- explication derivation
- explanation derivation
- explication derivation
- explanatory derivation
Sense 2 verb
elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
Types & categories
- conjecture hypernym
- mature hyponym
- reformulate hyponym
Related & opposite
- conceptualization derivation
- explication derivation
- develop verb group
- develop verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | explication |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | explanation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | explication |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | explanatory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rede |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | account for |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | naturalize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | comment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceptualization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | explication |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | develop |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | develop |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conjecture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mature |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reformulate |