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51Explain Plan — An explain plan is a feature provided by the majority of relational databases. When the database engine is provided with an SQL statement it computes the access path used to execute the query. This is used for troubleshooting performance issues… …
52explain away — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To conceal or make light of a fault or offense: extenuate, gloss over, gloze (over), palliate, sleek over, whitewash. See SHOW. II verb See EXPLAIN …
53explain away — PHRASAL VERB If someone explains away a mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it is unimportant or that it is not really their fault. [V P n (not pron)] He evaded her questions about the war and tried to… …
54explain oneself — excuse or justify one s behaviour. → explain …
55explain something away — minimize the significance of something embarrassing by giving an excuse or justification. → explain …
56explain oneself — phrasal : to make clear the meaning of one s statements or the reasons for one s conduct * * * expand on what one has said in order to make one s meaning clear ■ give an account of one s motives or conduct in order to excuse or justify oneself he …
57explain — ex·plain || ɪk spleɪn v. illustrate, elucidate, interpret, describe …
58explain v — I used to be a paratrooper, Tom explained …
59explain — I. v. a. 1. Interpret, elucidate, expound, illustrate, unfold, clear up, make plain, throw light upon, eclaircize (recent). 2. Account for, give the reasons for, make intelligible, solve, warrant, justify, reduce to law or to ascertained… …
60explain — v 1. define, interpret, explicate, expound, comment on, point out; simplify, make plain, unfold, delineate, put across, spell out, get across; decipher, decode, render intelligible, untangle, unravel; clarify, elucidate, clear up, resolve, solve …
