How to pronounce explicate
American English pronunciation
EK-splih-kayt
- IPA
- /ˈɛksplɪˌkeɪt/
- Syllables
- EK · splih · kayt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What explicate means
To explain an idea or text in close detail
In a sentence: Our teacher took a whole class to explicate one short poem.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin explicare, meaning to unfold or explain.
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