Explain and Study

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Study and explain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Study" instead a verb "Explain".

Study verb - To use the mind to acquire knowledge.

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Explain and study are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Study".

Nearby Words: studied, student, studying

power	explain power	study power
way	explain way	study way
actions	explain actions	study actions
history	explain history	study history
Other words: behavior, skills, powers, abilities.

The audience never sees him study or actually tend to patients, but is just told his grades are among the highest in his class, and when challenged by his roommate to explain how that is when he doesn't study as much as everyone else, Patch just gives him a "The Reason You Suck" Speech instead.

Source: Film / Patch Adams
I should not be able to explain to you, gentlemen, how I know it, the signs being so subtle that only long experience and deep study can enable one to detect them.

Source: The Killer Was Left-Handed
Whoever the Foundation assigns to study them often struggle to explain what the hell is happening.

Source: World Gone Mad

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