Hyphenation of Explain

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Explain? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Ex-plain

Definitions of Explain:

1.	Make plain and comprehensible He explained the laws of physics to his students
2.	Define The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean
3.	Serve as a reason or cause or justification of Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again

Synonyms of Explain:

verb	explicate, inform
verb	state, say, tell
verb	excuse, justify, vindicate

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.