Explain and Work out

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Explain

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

Work out

Work out verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.
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Explain and work out are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Work out".

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  • After Veronica slaughters the men, she spares the girl's life... leaving her to work out how to explain the corpses in her apartment.
    Source: False Friend
  • One that did work out was that Lucasfilm shot down Timothy Zahn's original name for the Noghri which was Sith, to explain why Darth Vader was known as the Lord of the Sith.
    Source: Executive Meddling / Literature
  • Part 3 is generally mitigated by the DA finding other ways to explain how he got his information, but it doesn't always work out.
    Source: Unbelievable Source Plot
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