explicable

/'eksplikəbl/

Thân thiện

Her calm reaction was entirely explicable given the circumstances.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being explained or made understandable: Describes something that can be understood, clarified, or accounted for with reasons or evidence.
   • Able to be interpreted or justified: Indicates that a phenomenon, action, or event has a logical or reasonable cause that can be articulated.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The sudden drop in temperature is explicable by the arrival of a cold front.
  • Her anger was completely explicable given the circumstances.
  • Scientists seek to make natural phenomena explicable through research.

Advanced Usage

• "perfectly explicable": completely understandable or justifiable.
  • His hesitation was perfectly explicable; he had never faced such a difficult choice before.
• "readily explicable": easily explained or understood.
  • The basic principles of the theory are readily explicable to students.

Variants and Related Words

• Explicate (verb): To analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail; to explain thoroughly.
  • The philosopher sought to explicate the concept of justice.
• Inexplicable (adjective): Incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for.
  • The inexplicable disappearance of the artifact puzzled everyone.

Synonyms

• Explainable: Able to be made clear or intelligible.
• Understandable: Capable of being comprehended.
• Accountable: Capable of being explained or justified (in the sense of giving reasons).

Antonyms

• Inexplicable: Impossible to explain.
• Unfathomable: Incapable of being fully understood.
• Mysterious: Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.

Related Phrases

• "Render explicable": To make something understandable or able to be explained.
  • The new evidence helped to render the suspect's actions explicable.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being explicated or accounted for
   • explicable behavior