explained
- 1Simple past and past participle of explain.
The scientist explained her findings to a room full of reporters.
Once the procedure had been explained, the patient felt much calmer.
Note
One regular -ed spelling does two jobs: the simple past (she explained) and, after have or be, the participle of perfects and passives (it has been explained; once explained, it seemed simple). It serves the verb's transitive and intransitive uses alike (she explained the rule; as she explained, nothing was lost), and it once carried explain's long-obsolete physical meanings too: to flatten or smooth out, and to unfold.
explained is a form of explain
explain, verb: To make something clear and easy to understand by describing it or giving details. Full entry
- Forms
- explainexplains he/she/itexplaining -ing formexplained past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- explain → explained: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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