Word of the Day: Explain
ex-plain / ikˈsplān
verb
- to make plain and understandable
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
- to provide reason or cause for
Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915
- to interpret or assign meaning to
No power of genius has ever yet had the smallest success in explaining existence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
- to make known
Don’t waste your time explaining who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.
Common Saying