explicit
/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/
explicit adjective: very specific, clear, or detailed.
Adjective
explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)
- Very specific, clear, or detailed.
- I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.
- If the task is indeed a difficult one, it may be worthwhile to attempt an explicit statement as to those aspects of the endeavor that appear to have the greatest importance for success or failure.1989 January, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 127
- Antonyms:
- implicit, unexplicit, vague
- Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions.
- The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.
- Cerberus Scientist: I'm sorry, sir. None of Normandy's surveillance feeds have been responding since Shepard went rogue.
Illusive Man: I want it back. Retry the remote lockdown protocols.
Cerberus Scientist: After our last attempt, EDI flooded our server with seven zettabytes of explicit images. I...2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Cronos Station
- Synonyms:
- raunchy
- Antonyms:
- circumspect
Noun
explicit (plural explicits)
- The final few words of a text.
- Antonyms:
- incipit
Phrase
explicit
- Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
explicit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
explicit in Hindi
- अत्यंत स्पष्ट, स्पष्ट, विस्तार से, घृणास्पद सामग्री
explicit in Tamil
- தெளிவான, தெளிவுள்ள, வெளிப்படையான, விளக்கமான, ஐயத்திற்கிட மற்ற, திட்டவட்டமான
explicit in Urdu
- بےجھجھک, ہویدا, روشن, صاف, صریح, واضح
explicit in Bengali
- স্পষ্ট, পরিষ্কারভাবে বর্ণিত, সুব্যক্ত
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- explicit in Malayalam
- വിശദമായ, വ്യക്തമായ, തെളിച്ചു പറയുന്ന, നിസ്സംശയമായ
- explicit in Tagalog
- lantad
- explicit in Arabic
- صريح
- explicit in Persian
- صریح sarih, واضح vâze
- explicit in Vietnamese
- rõ ràng
Examples of explicit in a sentence
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- Topics studied in computational number theory include algorithms for primality testing and integer factorisation, finding solutions to Diophantine equations and explicit methods in arithmetic geometry.
- The pragmatic strategies can be divided into three types, namely, explicit, modified, and implicit self-denigration.
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Forms of explicit
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more explicit |
| superlative | most explicit |
| Noun | |
| plural | explicits |
Origin of explicit
Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled, easy”), variant of explicātus.
Abbreviated from Latin explicitus est liber (“the book is set in order, ended”).
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Questions about explicit
- What does explicit mean?
- Explicit means very specific, clear, or detailed.
- What is explicit in Hindi?
- Explicit in Hindi is अत्यंत स्पष्ट, स्पष्ट, विस्तार से. See Explicit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is explicit?
- Explicit can be an adjective, a noun or a phrase.
- How do you pronounce explicit?
- Explicit is pronounced /ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/.
Words near explicit in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: explicit (page history and authors); explicit (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); explicit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); explicit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); explicit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); explicit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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