explicit

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ adjective
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
Compare: IMPLICIT
explicitly adverb: The report states explicitly that the system was to blame.
Compare: IMPLICITLY
explicitness noun [U]: He didn't like the degree of sexual explicitness in the film.

Thesaurus dictionary

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adj.

1 specific, categorical, (crystal-)clear, definite, well-defined, distinct, unambiguous, precise, exact, unequivocal, express, stated, plain, manifest, unmistakable, positive, absolute, final, peremptory, unqualified, unconditional:

The children had explicit instructions to keep away from the canal.

2 open, outspoken, unreserved, unrestrained, candid, frank, direct, forthright, straightforward, definite:

She was explicit in her orders.

Collocation dictionary

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VERBS

be | become | make sth, render sth

We think such information should be made explicit and not left vague.

ADV.

highly

a highly explicit description of torture

| absolutely, fully, quite

Our orders were quite explicit.

| increasingly | fairly, relatively | sufficiently | sexually

PREP.

about

The government has been quite explicit about its intentions.

| as to

She told him he needed to be more creative, without being explicit as to what this meant in practice.

Concise English dictionary

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ɪk'splɪsɪt
adj.
+precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
+in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term