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explain
/ɪkˈspleɪn/ verb [I, T]Translation
› to make something clear or easy to understand by giving reasons for it or details about it
explaining noun [U] › when you have to explain or give a good reason for your actions izah etmek, açıklamak, anlatmak
[+ question word] Can you explain why you did this? Can you explain to me how this mobile phone works? [+ (that)] He explained that he was going to stay with his sister. How do you explain her strange behaviour?11561910açıklama, izah, bildirme, neden gösterme
You'll have a lot of explaining to do when dad finds out what happened.1156(Definition of explain verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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