EXPLAINED

Definition: EXPLAINED

EXPLAINED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Explain

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "EXPLAINED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Crosswords: EXPLAINED

No, you explained it great (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

You should have just stopped and explained to them (The Out-of-Towners; writing credit: Neil Simon)

Hocus-Pocus explained the situtation to Santa, who as you know, speaks fluent rabbit (Frosty the Snowman; writing credit: Romeo Muller)

It has been explained to me that I've been away for a long time (Awakenings; writing credit: Steven Zaillian)

That should've been explained to you. (Eraser; writing credit: Tony Puryear; Walon Green)

When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. (references; author: Mark Twain)

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Books

• Consciousness Explained (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Mining Explained (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Australian Riding and Tack Explained Volume 1 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Howard Skipper, now retired from Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, explained how chemotherapy could work. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

I opened the mosquito curtains, Millicent explained : he was lying on his back ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Process of wood-cut printing explained. Print from third block. Credit: Library of Congress.

Manpower, junior size. The third front--unified, enthusiastic, patriotic--banded together where there are no sides but "our side." School children in Roanoke, Virginia listened eagerly as speakers explained to them the work of the junior commandos. Credit: Library of Congress.

Soil conservation meeting of farmers in Livingston County, Illinois. The agricultural program for 1937 is being explained to them. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Alice attended to all these directions, and explained, as well as she could, that she had lost her way.

He explained that he used to be just tall, dark, and laconic, but that the events of the last few days had rather got to him.

Then he explained to Jean Valjean that this was a reward for a service that he, Fauchelevent, was rendering to the community

The owner men sat in the cars and explained.

I described the ship to him in the best terms I could, and explained by the help of my handkerchief displayed, how it was driven forward by the wind

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Health

Medical terms are shown in italic print and are explained in the text or in the glossary. (references)

Dr. Hassold explained that cells destined to become sperm or eggs undergo a process known as meiosis. (references)

The rationale for pretreatment strategies must be explained to encourage patient adherence to the therapy. (references)

Business

Both phenomena are explained below. (references)

As explained above, these technologies are new to Argentina. (references)

This is explained by local manufacturers exporting more than 90% of their production. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cote d'Ivoire

AFP protested his arrest and explained that Ouattara had spoken with arrested coup suspects because he was covering the coup attempt for the AFP. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

Gas price caps and excessive surcharges explained the low level of investment. (references)

Kuwait

This can be explained by the low penalties for non-compliance under Kuwaiti law. (references)

Human Rights

Belarus

The customs officers never explained their actions. (references)

Turkey

The then-Prime Minister agreed to fund the purchase in order to "protect the State," she explained, although the Ministry of Interior had not agreed. (references)

Guatemala

While each of these incidents, if taken separately, could be explained as a common crime, the frequency of such incidents was a cause for significant concern. (references)

Political Economy

EGYPT

The law mandates that decisions on bids are to be explained in writing, and more weight will be accorded to technical considerations in awarding contracts. (references)

RUSSIA

Part of the ruble's strength can be explained by administrative controls maintained by the CBR. The CBR still restricts banks from trading on their own accounts, converting funds in S-accounts from the GKO restructuring, and depositing amounts equivalent to those it holds in S-accounts of non-residents. (references)

GREECE

Officially, Greece also adheres to EU procurement policy, and Greece has adhered to the GATT Government Procurement Code since 1992. Nevertheless, many of the following problems still exist: occasional sole-sourcing (explained as extensions of previous contracts); loosely written specifications which are subject to varying interpretations; and allegiance of tender evaluators to technologies offered by longtime, traditional suppliers. (references)

Trade

Indonesia

Ex-Im programs are explained on their homepage, located at http://www.exim.gov/. (references)

Colombia

The Superintendency and the former INCOMEX issued a joint regulation (circulars 01 and 21, modified by circulars 02 and 23 of 1995 and circular 6 of 1997), establishing the procedures (as explained above) for obtaining the Certificate of Conformity and listing all products currently subject to this requirement. (references)

Travel

Sweden

The procedure is well defined and best explained by your Swedish host. (references)

Worker Rights

Costa Rica

The campaign addressed child labor and explained existing legislation to audiences of different age groups. (references)

Italy

The television spots depicted the violence directed towards victims and explained the options available to them in Italy. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "EXPLAINED": be explained. Additional references.

Ending with "EXPLAINED": half-explained, ill-explained, re-explained, well-explained.

Albanian

i shpjeguar. (various references)

Arabic 

‏شرح (account for, anatomize, be explained, caption, commentary, cut into slices, demonstrate, demonstration, dissect, elucidate, elucidation, explain, explanation, explication, exposition, expound, puzzle out, represent, slice, sort out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

бивам обяснен (be explained). (various references)

Chinese 

解释 (Aread, Areed, Explain, Explaining, Explanation, Explication, interpret, interpretation, interpreted, interpreting). (various references)

Czech

být vysvìtlený (be explained). (various references)

Danish

virkningen af akridin, propargylalkohol og ethylquinolinjodid kan forklares ved overspaendingsteorien (propargylic alcohol and ethylquinolinium iodide may be explained by the overvoltage theory, the effect of acridine). (various references)

Dutch

een verklaring van de werking van de stoffen acridine, propargylaleohol en ethylchinoline-jodide kan worden gevonden in de overspanningstheorie (propargylic alcohol and ethylquinolinium iodide may be explained by the overvoltage theory, the effect of acridine). (various references)

Finnish

selitettävä (to be explained), näin hän selitti asian (that's the way he explained it). (various references)

French

expliquai, expliquées, expliqué, expliquâmes. (various references)

German

ausgefüllt (filled in, filled out). (various references)

Greek 

η δράση των ουσιών ακριδίνης,προπαργυλικής αλκοόλης και ιωδιούχου αιθυλοκινολίνης μπορεί να ερμηνευθεί με τη θεωρία της υπέρτασης (propargylic alcohol and ethylquinolinium iodide may be explained by the overvoltage theory). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתורץ, מוסבר (clarified), מפורש (distinct, evident, explicit, strict), מבואר, מנומק (argumented, reasoned). (various references)

Hungarian

megmagyarázott (be explained). (various references)

Italian

l'azione delle sostanze acridina, alcool propargylico e ioduro etilchinolinio puo' essere intrepretata sulla base della teoria della sovratensione (propargylic alcohol and ethylquinolinium iodide may be explained by the overvoltage theory, the effect of acridine). (various references)

Korean 

설명하는 (Elucidated, illustrated). (various references)

Pig Latin

explaineday.(various references)

Portuguese

explicado. (various references)

Romanian

lãmurit (clear, clearly, distinct, distinctly, enlightened, lucid). (various references)

Russian 

объяснять объясненный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

biti objašnjen (be explained). (various references)

Spanish

explicado. (various references)

Swedish

förklara (account for, be explained, clarify, declaration, declare, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, glorify, illuminate, interpret, profess, return, state). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "EXPLAINED": overexplained, unexplained. (additional references)

Misspellings

"EXPLAINED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eggsplene, explainned, explananda, explane. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: alexine, aliened, delaine, deplane, elapine, explain, paneled, plained.

-3 letters: aedile, aedine, alexin, alined, aliped, alpine, aneled, denial, diplex, elapid, exiled, expand, expend, leaden, leaned, leaped, nailed, pained, pealed, peined, penial, penile, pineal, planed, pleiad, xenial.

-4 letters: ailed, alien, aline, anele, anile, axile, axled, dexie, diene, edile, elain, eland, elide, exile, exine, expel, ideal.

+2 letters: unexplained.

+3 letters: expediential.

+4 letters: expendability, overexplained.