Explain
Record
Record verb - To make a written note of.
Explain and record are semantically related in give evidence of topic. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Record".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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That would be difficult, so for me to try to explain whatever is happening— (Sawyer slaps Faraday) Faraday: The Island... think of the Island like a record spinning on a turntable... only now, that record is skipping.
Source: Layman's Terms -
For the record, Takeo had twenty years in which to explain all of this, but didn't.
Source: Literature / Tales of the Otori -
Conspiracy Theories: What the show often uses to explain the alleged distortions of historical record and (by extension) its own limited successes.
Source: Series / America Unearthed
Cite this Source
Record and Explain. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/explain/record
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