OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 12978

explain

/ɪkˈspleɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
explicar
To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to esc…