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What (who) is Explain - definition

SET OF STATEMENTS CONSTRUCTED TO DESCRIBE A SET OF FACTS
Explain; Explaining; Explained; Explains; Explanatory; The Explanation

explain         
I. v. a.
1.
Interpret, elucidate, expound, illustrate, unfold, clear up, make plain, throw light upon, eclaircize (recent).
2.
Account for, give the reasons for, make intelligible, solve, warrant, justify, reduce to law or to ascertained principles, trace to causes.
II. v. n.
Make an explanation.
Explain         
·vi To give an Explanation.
II. Explain ·adj To Flatten; to spread out; to Unfold; to Expand.
III. Explain ·adj To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to Expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
explain         
v.
1) to explain satisfactorily
2) (B) she explained the problem to me
3) (L; to) he explained (to us) that the examination would take place later
4) (Q) he explained why he was late

Wikipedia

Explanation

An explanation is a set of statements usually constructed to describe a set of facts which clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts. It may establish rules or laws, and may clarify the existing rules or laws in relation to any objects or phenomena examined.

Explanation, in philosophy, is a set of statements that makes intelligible the existence or occurrence of an object, event, or state of affairs. Among its most common forms are:

  • Causal explanation
  • Deductive-nomological explanation, which involves subsuming the explanandum under a generalization from which it may be derived in a deductive argument (e.g., “All gases expand when heated; this gas was heated; therefore, this gas expanded”)
  • Statistical explanation, which involves subsuming the explanandum under a generalization that gives it inductive support (e.g., “Most people who use tobacco contract cancer; this person used tobacco; therefore, this person contracted cancer”).

Explanations of human behaviour typically appeal to the subject’s beliefs and desires, as well as other facts about him, and proceed on the assumption that the behaviour in question is rational (at least to a minimum degree). Thus an explanation of why the subject removed his coat might cite the fact that the subject felt hot, that the subject desired to feel cooler, and that the subject believed that he would feel cooler if he took off his coat.

Examples of use of Explain
1. You have to explain a lot and explain to visitors.
2. In Italy, I can explain my thoughts; in Tunisia I can explain my feelings.
3. "The doctors told us to explain the consequences of not eating, to explain that she would die.
4. I resent the fact we have to explain our choices." But we want Palin to explain hers.
5. "You can‘t explain [it]. I went on leave and tried to explain, but it‘s just too hard," he said.