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Explain (to ) conjugation

English
40 examples
This verb can also mean the following: make visible, smooth out, make flat, make plain, make, give a valid excuse for some past behavior, do, unfold, manifest, give, illustrate the meaning of
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Present Simple
explain
explain
explains
explain
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Future Simple
will explain
will explain
will explain
will explain
will explain
will explain
Past Simple
explained
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Conditional Simple
would explain
would explain
would explain
would explain
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would explain
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Present Progressive
am explaining
are explaining
is explaining
are explaining
are explaining
are explaining
Future Progressive
will be explaining
will be explaining
will be explaining
will be explaining
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Past Progressive
was explaining
were explaining
was explaining
were explaining
were explaining
were explaining
Conditional Progressive
would be explaining
would be explaining
would be explaining
would be explaining
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Present Perfect
have explained
have explained
has explained
have explained
have explained
have explained
Future Perfect
will have explained
will have explained
will have explained
will have explained
will have explained
will have explained
Past Perfect
had explained
had explained
had explained
had explained
had explained
had explained
Conditional Perfect
would have explained
would have explained
would have explained
would have explained
would have explained
would have explained
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Present Perfect Progressive
have been explaining
have been explaining
has been explaining
have been explaining
have been explaining
have been explaining
Future Perfect Progressive
will have been explaining
will have been explaining
will have been explaining
will have been explaining
will have been explaining
will have been explaining
Past Perfect Progressive
had been explaining
had been explaining
had been explaining
had been explaining
had been explaining
had been explaining
Conditional Perfect Progressive
would have been explaining
would have been explaining
would have been explaining
would have been explaining
would have been explaining
would have been explaining

Examples of explain

Example in EnglishTranslation in English
! - Honey, give me a chance to explain.
! - I don't have time to explain!
! Care to explain this, Steve?
! I can explain.
! I can't explain God's ways to you because I can't understand them myself.
! - Honey, give me a chance to explain.
! - I don't have time to explain!
! Care to explain this, Steve?
! I can explain.
! I can't explain God's ways to you because I can't understand them myself.
"A watery hollow." That explains it!
"And no one ever adequately explains "how Mazer Rackham actually defeated the entire fleet.
"Boyle explains that they ate lobsters at the first Thanksgiving."
"Folklore says sparrows can see the soul's descent and this explains their song.
"Oyls." That explains it.
"A watery hollow." That explains it!
"And no one ever adequately explains "how Mazer Rackham actually defeated the entire fleet.
"Boyle explains that they ate lobsters at the first Thanksgiving."
"Folklore says sparrows can see the soul's descent and this explains their song.
"Oyls." That explains it.
"'lf', he explained, 'I am able to have my name on the book, the governor can afford, with business bad, to have his name on the play."'
"After we explained that the whole thing had only been a school project, the loan officer shook our hands and said to be sure and come see him when we were really ready to start a business."
"Could it ever be explained
"He also explained to us that we have democracy because partisans died and it will be difficult because democracy is like the fields which need to be tended to every day.
"He has a high temperature," explained Dr. Treml, who sat at the other desk.
"And the little prince said to the man" "Grownups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always explaining things to them."
"But since Peter's already told you what has happened to us... I feel I must add something by way of explaining Peter's side of the case."
"Here... here... here... " and went on talking, he was explaining and saying:
"It took a lot of telephoning and explaining to convince...
"Lucy, you got some explaining to do."
"'lf', he explained, 'I am able to have my name on the book, the governor can afford, with business bad, to have his name on the play."'
"After we explained that the whole thing had only been a school project, the loan officer shook our hands and said to be sure and come see him when we were really ready to start a business."
"Could it ever be explained
"He also explained to us that we have democracy because partisans died and it will be difficult because democracy is like the fields which need to be tended to every day.
"He has a high temperature," explained Dr. Treml, who sat at the other desk.
"And the little prince said to the man" "Grownups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always explaining things to them."
"But since Peter's already told you what has happened to us... I feel I must add something by way of explaining Peter's side of the case."
"Here... here... here... " and went on talking, he was explaining and saying:
"It took a lot of telephoning and explaining to convince...
"Lucy, you got some explaining to do."

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