1 (of a statement or piece of writing) clear and easy to understand:
He gave me very explicit directions on how to get there.
2 (of a person) saying sth clearly, exactly and openly:
She was quite explicit about why she had left.
3 said, done or shown in an open or direct way, so that you do not doubt what is happening:
The reasons for the decision should be made explicit. * She made some very explicit references to my personal life. * a sexually explicit film
compareIMPLICIT
explicitly adverb:
The report states explicitly that the system was to blame.
compareIMPLICITLY
explicitness noun [U]:
He didn't like the degree of sexual explicitness in the film.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for explicit is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is explicit a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, explicit is tagged as adjective.
Does explicit appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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