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Learn to pronounce ex·pli·cate

/ˈekspləˌkāt/
verb
analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.
"attempting to explicate the relationship between crime and economic forces"
synonyms: explain, explain in detail, make explicit, clarify, make plain/clear, spell out, interpret, elucidate, expound, comment on, develop, work out, illuminate, throw light on, unfold, untangle, clear up, put into plain English, criticize, appraise

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explain implies a making plain or intelligible what is not immediately obvious or entirely known. explain the rules.
to explain something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea: This is a book which clearly explicates Marx's later writings.
to make plain or clear; explain; interpret. to develop (a principle, theory, etc.).
To explicate is to explain or interpret something, maybe putting it in plain terms to make it more comprehensible for others. It might help to remember that it ...
2 senses: formal 1. to make clear or explicit; explain 2. to formulate or develop (a theory, hypothesis, etc).... Click for more definitions.
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to explain or analyze (something, such as an idea or work of literature). an essay explicating a theory. explicate a poem.
: serving to explicate. specifically : serving to explain logically what is contained in the subject.
Explicate definition: to make plain or clear; explain; interpret. See examples of EXPLICATE used in a sentence.
​explicate something to explain an idea or a work of literature in a lot of detail.
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5 days ago · to explain something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea: This is a book which clearly explicates Marx's later writings.
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