explicate C2+ Topic:Communication US /ˈɛksplɪˌkeɪt/ UK /ˈɛksplɪkeɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to analyze and develop in detail; to explain fully The professor took an hour to explicate a single dense paragraph. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to analyze and develop in... explainelucidateclarifyinterpretexpoundunfolddevelop ↔ Opposites obscureconfuseobfuscate Word family Derived forms explicationexplicatorexplicativeexplicatory Related forms explicitexplicable Etymology AI details From Latin explicatus, past participle of explicare ('to unfold, unravel, explain'), from ex- ('out') + plicare ('to fold'). explicare Latin plicare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Communication Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # explicate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈɛksplɪˌkeɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɛksplɪkeɪt/ ## Meanings 1. to analyze and develop in detail; to explain fully ## Examples - The professor took an hour to explicate a single dense paragraph. ## Synonyms - explain - elucidate - clarify - interpret - expound - unfold - develop ## Antonyms - obscure - confuse - obfuscate ## Derived Forms - explication - explicator - explicative - explicatory ## Related Forms - explicit - explicable ## Roots and Affixes - Root: explicare - Root: plicare ## Etymology From Latin explicatus, past participle of explicare ('to unfold, unravel, explain'), from ex- ('out') + plicare ('to fold'). ## AI Etymology Explicate is from Latin explicatus, past participle of explicare ('to unfold, unravel, explain'), from ex- ('out') + plicare ('to fold'). Important recorded forms include explicare (Latin) and plicare (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to analyze and develop in detail; to explain fully. The wider family includes derived forms such as explication, explicator, explicative, and explicatory and related words such as explicit and explicable. ## Topics - Communication - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown