"explain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

explain verbo

explain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 136
explain things • explain matters • explain one's decision • explain one's actions • explain one's behavior • explain one's position • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 25
(1) thing, effect
Kolokacji: 2
(3) decision, choice, vote
Kolokacji: 3
(7) presence, absence, lack
Kolokacji: 3
(11) attempt, crime
Kolokacji: 2
(12) origin, name
Kolokacji: 2
  • It also makes the use of a soccer ball which may explain its name.
  • It was the only thing Nancy could come up with to explain the missing name.
  • A number of stories exist to explain the community's odd name.
  • Other theories have been put forward to explain the name and purpose of this stone.
  • These small scale mining activities also explain the name of the mountain range.
  • There has been much folklore created to explain the name.
  • The magazine will carry an article explaining the name and the reasons for the change.
  • Almost all the streets there were named after colleges, which explained the area's name.
  • Today, there are multiple theories that attempt to explain the name.
  • Each is marked by a wooden post which also explains the name.
(13) policy, strategy
Kolokacji: 2
(18) feeling, desire, vision, dream
Kolokacji: 4
(20) time, history, life, past
Kolokacji: 4
(22) technique, rate
Kolokacji: 2
(23) predicament, plight
Kolokacji: 2
(25) reluctance, willingness
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + explain
Kolokacji: 32
help explain • attempt to explain • try to explain • seek to explain • fail to explain • help to explain • begin to explain • need to explain • ...
explain + preposición
Kolokacji: 30
explain to • explain by • explain about • explain in • explain during • ...
explain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 105
fully explain • partly explain • explain patiently • explained away • easily explained • clearly explain • later explain • further explain • ...

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