Explain and Try

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Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
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Try and explain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Explain".
Nearby Words: explanation, explained, explaining, explicable, explainable

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
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Explain and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Try".
Nearby Words: tried, trying

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power explain power try power
relationship explain relationship try relationship
stuff explain stuff try stuff
situation explain situation try situation
Other words: time, way, plan, times, powers.

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  • Film / Dangerous Minds Not Now, Kiddo: A student ‘pushes’ his way into the principal’s office to try and explain that some violence is going to happen.
    Source: Film / Dangerous Minds
  • Film / Plan 9 from Outer Space Of all the strange things that happen in the movie, this small detail is the one thing they had the foresight to try and explain away.
    Source: Film / Plan 9 from Outer Space
  • "Groundhog Day" Loop We should try and explain the trope as it applies to this show before some smart ass turns this example into a circular joke.
    Source: "Groundhog Day" Loop
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