Explain

verb

Meaning: To tell someone how or why something happens so they understand.

Full meaning: To make something clear by describing it.

Phonics sounds: e-x-p-l-ai-n — blend them together!

Example: “Can you explain how the rainbow appears?”

🧠 Active recall — the six-sense path

👀 See → 👂 Hear → ✋ Build → 🗣 Say → ✏️ Spell → 🧠 Recall. Answer all three recall questions.

Same meaning:

Category: thinking-actions · Frequency rank: 50 (smaller = more common)

🧠 remember

To keep something in your mind and bring it back.

🏁 finish

To complete something, all the way to the end.

🎒 carry

To hold something and take it with you.

🤦 forget

To not remember something.

🧱 build

To make something by putting parts together.

🚦 begin

To start something.

Arrange the letters, find the missing one, and spell it yourself.