Explicate (original) (raw)
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
Example:
Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "explicate" is one way to...):
conjecture; hypothecate; hypothesise; hypothesize; speculate; suppose; theorise; theorize (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)
Verb group:
develop (elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme)
acquire; develop; evolve (gain through experience)
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
Derivation:
explication (a detailed explanation of the meaning of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
He explained the laws of physics to his students
Synonyms:
explain; explicate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "explicate" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of 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
Derivation:
explication (a detailed explanation of the meaning of something)
explication (the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.)