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explicate
Overview of verb explicate
The verb explicate has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. explain, explicate -- (make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students")
2. explicate, formulate, develop -- (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis")
Antonyms of verb explicate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb explicate
2 senses of explicate
Sense 1
explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
explicate, formulate, develop
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
=> expect, anticipate
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb explicate
2 senses of explicate
Sense 1
explain, explicate
=> rede, interpret
=> account for
=> naturalize
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> comment
Sense 2
explicate, formulate, develop
=> mature
=> redevelop, reformulate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb explicate
2 senses of explicate
Sense 1
explain, explicate
=> inform
Sense 2
explicate, formulate, develop
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
'Cause To' of verb explicate
Derived Forms of verb explicate
2 senses of explicate
Sense 1
explain, explicate
RELATED TO>(noun) explication#1
=> explication
RELATED TO>(noun) explication#2
=> explication
Sense 2
explicate, formulate, develop
RELATED TO>(noun) explication#2
=> explication
Domain of verb explicate
Domain Terms of verb explicate
Familiarity of verb explicate
explicate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb explicate
2 senses of explicate
Sense 1
explain, explicate
EX: Sam and Sue explicate the movie
Sense 2
explicate, formulate, develop
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb explicate
2 senses of explicate
Sense 1
explain, explicate
> inform
=> wise up
=> teach, learn, instruct
=> instruct, apprise, apprize
=> inoculate
=> acquaint
=> warn
=> inform
=> fill in
=> update
=> misinform, mislead
=> understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
=> undeceive
=> warn
=> advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize
=> familiarize, familiarise, acquaint
=> prompt, remind, cue
=> volunteer
=> introduce, present, acquaint
=> regret
=> indicate, point, show
=> indicate
=> indicate, suggest
=> nark
=> explain, explicate
=> tell
=> tell, narrate, recount, recite
=> narrate
=> report, describe, account
=> report
=> report, cover
=> announce, denote
=> disabuse
=> remonstrate, point out
=> testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show
Sense 2
explicate, formulate, develop
> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
=> reconstruct, construct, retrace
=> explicate, formulate, develop
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb explicate
Sense 1
explain, explicate
=> inform
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Sense 2
explicate, formulate, develop
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
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Grep of verb explicate
explicate
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