Explicit

Definition: Explicit

Explicit

Adjective

1. Precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes".

2. In accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "explicit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Synonyms: Explicit

Affirmation

Pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant; positive; certain; express, explicit; (patent); absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory; unretracted; predicable.

Imagination

Declaratory; intelligible; literal; synonymous; tantamount; (equivalent); implied; (latent); explicit.

Information

Expressive; explicit; (open), (clear); plain spoken; (artless).

Intelligibility

Plain, distinct, explicit; positive; definite; (precise).

Manifestation

Explicit, overt, patent, express; ostensible; open, open as day; naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric.

Perspicuity

Adjective: lucid; (intelligible); explicit; (manifest); exact.

Crosswords: Explicit

Portuguese (explicit), Romanian (clear, explicit, explicitly, precise), Swedish (explicit).

Marty, I gave you explicit instructions not to come here but to go directly back to 1985. But it's good to see you anyway (Back to the Future Part III; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale)

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

Books

• Explicit Cost Dynamics: An Alternative to Activity-Based Costing [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• Queueing Networks With Discrete Time Scale: Explicit Expressions for the Steady State Behavior of Discrete Time Stochastic Networks (Lecture Notes in (reference)

• The Explicit Animal: A Defence of Human Consciousness (reference)

• The Explicit Body in Performance (reference)

• Thoughts and Utterances: The Pragmatics of Explicit Communicaton (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Second Millenium (Limited Edition Explicit Cover) [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Average annual deaths per 100,000 population from causes with explicit mention of alcohol by county, United States, 1986-90

The map below is based on data from U.S. Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Reference Manual, Vol. 3, Fourth Edition, July 1994. Credit: NIAA.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

By making an explicit consent of every commoner, necessary to any one's appropriating to himself any part of what is given in common, children or servants could not cut the meat, which their father or master had provided for them in common, without assigning to every one his peculiar part. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The newspaper announced that the convict Jean Valjean was dead, and published the fact in terms so explicit, that Javert had no doubt of it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In addition, there appears to be a lack of explicit policies regarding retention, ownership, and use of blood specimens for purposes other than PKU detection. (references)

The effect of early TBI may not become apparent until later in the child's development, although there is little explicit literature on the developmental consequences of TBI in infants. (references)

It is important to note that FDAMA did not alter FDA’s effectiveness standard, except by giving explicit authority to the Agency to rely on a single, adequate and well-controlled study with confirmatory evidence, in particular cases, as support for approval. (references)

Business

Some countries have low explicit barriers, yet buyers tend to favor local producers. (references)

All media employees are under explicit, public orders to follow CCP directives, and "guide public opinion" as directed by political authorities. (references)

Market sources emphasized that contracts should be very explicit, leaving no room for ambiguities that can be manipulated for the client’s benefit or that can result in disagreements over the specifications of the contract. (references)

Children

Malaysia

Persons with disabilities do not enjoy explicit legal protection against discrimination. (references)

Civil Liberties

Qatar

Copies of foreign newspapers and magazines are censored for explicit sexual content. (references)

Qatar

The Office reviews materials for pornography, sexually explicit material, and material deemed hostile to Islam. (references)

Discrimination

Micronesia

Although the Constitution provides explicit protection against discrimination based on race, sex, language, or religion, there is extensive societal discrimination, notably discrimination and violence against women. (references)

Economic History

Russia

Explicit restrictions on foreign direct investment in Russia have been limited to specific sectors so far. (references)

Zambia

The new government elected in 2001 has stated an explicit commitment to governance issues such as corruption. (references)

Human Rights

Oman

A detainee may hire an attorney, but has no explicit right to be represented by counsel. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The law prohibits arbitrary arrest; however, the authorities at times make arrests and detain persons without following explicit legal guidelines. (references)

Indigenous People

Peru

According to indigenous rights groups, the 1993 Constitution and subsequent implementing legislation are less explicit about the inalienability and unmarketability of native lands than earlier legislation. (references)

Minorities

Cambodia

The rights of minorities under the 1996 nationality law are not explicit; constitutional protections are extended only to "Khmer people," that is, Cambodians. (references)

Political Economy

ECUADOR

Ecuador does not have any explicit export subsidy programs. (references)

CHINA

In effect, this allows a local official to block license approval without offering an explicit reason. (references)

Political Rights

Gambia

They also accused the Government of issuing threats, both explicit and veiled, against individuals and communities that did not support the incumbent. (references)

Trade

Bolivia

Imported merchandise may be considered abandoned either by an explicit request or by failure to claim it within the required 90 days. (references)

Bolivia

Bolivia has also signed Bilateral Trade Agreements with some South American countries which eliminate or reduce tariffs on explicit lists of products. (references)

Women

Cambodia

The Constitution contains explicit language providing for equal rights for women, equal pay for equal work, and equal status in marriage. (references)

Ethiopia

All land belongs to the state; however, women may obtain government leases to land, and the Government has an explicit policy to provide equal access to land for women. (references)

Colombia

Despite an explicit constitutional provision promising additional resources for single mothers and government efforts to provide them with training in parenting skills, women's groups reported that the social and economic problems of single mothers remained great. (references)

Worker Rights

Yemen

Strikes for explicit "political purposes" are prohibited. (references)

Senegal

There is no explicit legal protection for workers who file complaints about unsafe conditions. (references)

Macau

However, human rights groups are concerned that local law does not have explicit provisions against antiunion discrimination. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "explicit": explicit call transfer ♦ explicit definition ♦ Explicit function ♦ explicit interest ♦ explicit parallelism ♦ explicit type conversion ♦ forward explicit congestion notification ♦ test message explicit mode message. Additional references.

Beginning with "explicit": explicit-far.

Ending with "explicit": non-explicit.

Albanian

i sinqertë (candid, devout, earnest, Frank, free, free-hearted, free-spoken, genuine, honest, ingenuous, onefold, open, outgiving, outspoken, plain spoken, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, Square, transparent, true, true-hearted, truthful, unaffected, unreserved, whole-souled), i saktë (accurate, clean-cut, clear-cut, close, correct, definite, exact, express, just, literal, neat, painstaking, Pat, pithy, precise, pronounced, pure, right, strict, stringent, true, unexceptional, veracious), i qartë (apparent, articulate, candid, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, evident, express, fair, formal, Frank, in focus, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, neat, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, readable, self evident, serene, simple, tangible, unambiguous, unequivocal, visible, well-defined, well-marked), i hollësishëm (categorical, circumstantial, comprehensive, detail, detailed, elaborate, minute, narrow, particular, play-by-play), i caktuar (appointed, appointee, attached, certain, definite, detailed, determinate, express, finite, fixed, given, magistral, mounted, set, settled, specified, stated, strict, unequivocal). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مفسر (morally), ‏محدد (appointed, assigned, be specified, clear-cut, concrete, definite, designated, determined, express, fixed, given, identified, indicated, particular, precise, prescribed, set, specific, specified, stipulated), ‏مشروح (translated), ‏واضح (apparent, bold, broad, clear, conspicuous, decided, definite, elucidative, evident, express, frank, intelligible, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, outspoken, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plump, pointed, pronounced, punctual, purposely, seeming, sharp, specific, transparent, trenchant, visible), ‏صريح (bare, bluff, candid, categorical, communicative, crude, direct, downright, expansive, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, straightforward, transparent, unreserved, unvarnished), ‏جلى (evident, ostensible), ‏بين (amidst, among, articulate, between, bring to light, broad, distinct, elucidate, evident, express, indicate, inter alia, midst, obvious, ostensible, overt, seeming, self evident, set forth, show, through, unequivocal). (various references)

Bulgarian 

категоричен (categorical, decided, definite, definitive, emphatic, final, flat, irresistible, outright, plump, point blank, positive, thorough, unconditional, utter), определен (certain, concrete, definite, definitive, determinate, finite, fixed, given, positive, precise, set, settled, special, stated), пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, clear, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, grand, implicit, intact, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, out and out, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stark, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole, whole-footed, whole-hog), подробен (circumstantial, close, comprehensive, depth, detailed, disquisitional, elaborate, narrow, nice, particular), изричен (express, substantive, unqualified). (various references)

Chinese 

明确 (Definitive, Express), 不含糊 (not ordinary, really good, unambiguous, unequivocal). (various references)

Czech

výslovný (declaratory, express). (various references)

Danish

eksplicit. (various references)

Dutch

explicit. (various references)

Farsi 

واضح (Clear, Crystalline, Ditinct, Graphic, Lucid, Obvious, Overt, Palpable, Perspicuous, Plain, Vivid), ساده (Bald, Bare, Downright, Homespun, Idiot, Inexpensive, Plain, Positive, Simple, Slick, Unaadorned, Unaffected, Unassuming, Unceremonious, Unmeaning, Untutored), صاف (Clear, Even, Flat, Glossy, Limpid, Plain, Plane, Serene, Silken, Sleek, Slick, Unruffled), صریح (Abstract, Clear, Definite, Express, Frank, Open, Perspicuous, Precise, Punctual, Straight, Unequivocal), اشکار (Apparent, Bare, Conspicuous, Evident, Manifest, Obvious, Open, Out, Overt, Palpable, Plain, Signal), روشن (Alight, Alive, Bright, Definite, Diaphanous, Ditinct, Eidetic, Elucidate, Express, Intelligible, Legible, Limpid, Lucid, Perspicuous, Serene, Set, Shrill, Sunny, Unequivocal, Vivid). (various references)

Finnish

explicit, nimenomainen (express). (various references)

French

expressément, explicite, explicit. (various references)

German

explizit. (various references)

Greek 

ρητός, σαφής (definite, lucid, unambiguous). (various references)

Hebrew 

מפורש (distinct, evident, explained, strict). (various references)

Hungarian

szókimondó (free-spoken, outspoken, plain spoken, straightforward), határozott (categorical, decided, decided refusal, definite, determinate, determined, distinct, dogmatic, emphatic, game, gritty, manly, plump, positive, stalwart, strong-minded, unfaltering, unmoved). (various references)

Indonesian

eksplisit, tegas (assertive, emphatic), gamblang (clear, palpable, understandable). (various references)

Italian

esplicito (assertive, bald, direct, emphatic, express, formally, outspoken). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

性表現情� � (sexually explicit material). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せいひょう�'�"じょうほう (sexually explicit material). (various references)

Korean 

명백한 (Apodeictic, Apodictic, Apodictical, Apparent, Categorical, manifest, Obvious, overt, tangible, unambiguous, undeniable). (various references)

Manx

leayr (clear, clear-headed, discernible, distinct, evident, glaring, graphic, obvious, perceivable, unequivocal), jarroo (absolute, actual, express, identical, indubitable). (various references)

Norwegian

uttrykkelig (expressly), tydelig (apparent, distinct, evident). (various references)

Pig Latin

explicitay.(various references)

Portuguese

explicit, explícito (formal, specific, water-repellent, watertight). (various references)

Romanian

explicit (clear, explicitly, precise), evident (apparent, apparently, broad, clear, conspicuous, evident, it must be, manifestly, marked, nakedly, obvious, obviously, palpable, patent, patently, plain, prominent, sightly, visible), clar (apparent, apparently, articulate, banner, bright, broad, clean, clear, clear-cut, clearly, comprehensible, decided, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, express, fair, flat, formal, Frank, incisive, legible, level headed, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, obviously, palpable, patently, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plainly, precise, pure, serene, simple, sound, tangible, terse, unequivocal, unmistakable), categoric (absolute, absolutely, beyond peradventure, categorical, categorically, clear, curt, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, dogmatic, downright, emphatic, explicitly, flat, flatly, formal, much, on the dead, peremptorily, peremptory, plump, positive, positively, simply, Square, stiff, unanswerable, unbending, unqualified). (various references)

Russian 

явный (aparent, apparent, declared, downright, evident, gross, patent, pronounced, sheer, unconcealed, undisguised, unmitigated, unqualified, writ large). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

eksplicitan, određen (certain, clean-cut, decided, definite, given, rated, set, sharp cut, specified). (various references)

Spanish

expreso (assertive, clear, emphatic, espresso, exact, express, fast, formally, specific), explicit, explícito (express), dilucido (articulately, clear, lucid, obvious). (various references)

Swedish

explicit. (various references)

Turkish

belli (apparent, avowed, broad, broadly, certain, clear, conspicuous, express, given, known, manifest, noticeable, palpable, particular, patent, perspicuous, precise, precisely, prominent, self evident, shadowless, specific, stated, translucent, unmistakable, upfront, waisted, well-marked), belirgin (blazing, clear, clear-cut, distinct, distinctive, evident, manifest, marked, prominent, pronounced, salient, sharp cut, thick, upfront), aşikâr (apparent, clear, distinct, evident, evidential, evidentiary, flagrant, manifest, overt, patent, perspicuous, unconcealed), açık sözlü (bluff, blunt, expansive, forthcoming, Frank, free-spoken, honest, ingenuous, outspoken, plain spoken, plainspoken, plump, straight out, unreserved), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references)

Ukrainian

точний (accurate, austere, business-like, careful, clean-cut, clockwork, definite, definitive, exact, mathematical, nice, perfect, pointed, positive, precise, punctual, rigorous, specific, strict, trustworthy, truthful, unerring), певний (bound, certain, clean-cut, decided, definite, determinate, express, formed, positive, precise, set), докладний (ample, circumstantial, copious, detailed, minute, nice, particular, play-by-play). (various references)

Vietnamese 

rõ r� ng (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, clear-cut, clearly, conspicuous, conspicuously, discriminate, discriminative, indubitable, limpid, lucid, luculent, manifest, marked, notorious, obvious, open, patently, plain, pronounced, self-apparent, tangible, transparent, visibly, well-marked). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "explicit": explicitly, explicitness, explicitnesses, explicits. (additional references)

Words ending with "explicit": inexplicit, overexplicit. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Explicit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esplicit, expicit, expilcit, explecit, explicet, explicid, explicite, explicity, explict, explisit, explixit, sexplicit. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pelitic.

-2 letters: elicit, exilic.

-3 letters: clept, clipt, ixtle, licit, pilei, pixel, pixie, telic.

-4 letters: ceil, celt, cite, clip, clit, epic, etic, exit, ilex, lept, lice, lipe, lite, pelt, pice, pile, pili, plie, tile, tipi.

-5 letters: cel, cep, ice, lei, let, lex, lie, lip, lit, pec, pet, pic, pie, pit, pix, tel, tic, tie, til, tip.

+1 letter: explicits.

+2 letters: explicitly, inexplicit, postexilic.

+3 letters: explicating, explication, explicative.

+4 letters: complexities, explications, explicitness, overexplicit.

+5 letters: explicatively.