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Verb
S:
(v)
second-guess
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outguess
(attempt to anticipate or predict)
S:
(v)
second-guess
(evaluate or criticize with hindsight)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
comment
(explain or interpret something)
direct troponym
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full troponym
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inherited hypernym
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S:
(v)
explain
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explicate
(make plain and comprehensible)
"He explained the laws of physics to his students"
S:
(v)
rede
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interpret
(give an interpretation or explanation to)
S:
(v)
account for
(give reasons for)
"Can you account for all these absences?"
S:
(v)
naturalize
(explain with reference to nature)
S:
(v)
clarify
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clear up
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elucidate
(make clear and (more) comprehensible)
"clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
S:
(v)
comment
(explain or interpret something)
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
sentence frame