explain
verb (used with object)
to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible.
is explaining
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present progressiveof explain (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One of those problems is explaining why early-onset cancers are becoming more common.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Most of all, you need to trust the person who is explaining it to you, Chatzky said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Priscilla Chan is explaining how the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative hopes to help “cure, prevent and manage all disease” by the end of the century when she drops an unexpected detail into the conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
It is the first episode of Tommy Fury's BBC documentary and he is explaining why his very public break-up with Molly-Mae Hague happened.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
While we walk through my neighborhood, he keeps his head bent toward mine as though we’re having an intimate conversation, but what he's really doing is explaining the Schouwburg.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
