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explain
/iks-plain/
 
vt.
 
1.
Def.: egpasabut
MS: egpasabut
If you explain something to someone, you help them to understand it by talking about it very clearly
I don't understand this word. Could you explain it to me please.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: egbehey te aliddanan
MS: egbehey te aliddanan
If you explain that something is the case, or explain something, you give reasons why a particular thing happened.
He missed the meeting, and explained that his child had been sick.
Warè nakatambung sikandin te miting, wey migbehey sikandin te aliddanan te ka anak din migderalu.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0451-0475
 
 
explanation
/eks-plə-nay-shen/
 
n-ct.
Def.: 1 pegpasabut; 2 aliddanan
MS: pegpasabut; aliddanan
words which explain (give an explanation).
Note: (sense 1, 2)
His explanation of the word was very difficult to understand.
Status: ready

Last updated: 26/Sep/2012