explaining

Definitions

The act of making an idea, situation, or problem clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts.

The process of providing reasons for or justifying an action, belief, or event.

Examples

She spent the entire afternoon explaining the complex physics theory to her students.

He had a difficult time explaining his absence from the meeting to his manager.

Synonyms

clarifying elucidating interpreting describing expounding simplifying illustrating

Antonyms

obscuring confusing complicating mystifying concealing misinterpreting befuddling