EXPLICATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does explicate mean?
• EXPLICATE (verb)
The verb EXPLICATE has 2 senses:
1. make plain and comprehensible
2. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
Familiarity information: EXPLICATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXPLICATE (verb)
Meaning:
Make plain and comprehensible
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
explain; explicate
Context example:
He explained the laws of physics to his students
Hypernyms (to "explicate" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explicate"):
interpret; rede (give an interpretation or explanation to)
account for (give reasons for)
naturalize (explain with reference to nature)
clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
comment (explain or interpret something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue explicate the movie
Meaning:
Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
formulate; explicate; develop
Context example:
Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
Hypernyms (to "explicate" is one way to...):
conjecture; hypothecate; hypothesise; hypothesize; speculate; suppose; theorise; theorize (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explicate"):
mature (develop and work out fully in one's mind)
redevelop; reformulate (formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
