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explicit
[ ik-splis-it ]
adjective
- fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal:
explicit instructions; an explicit act of violence; explicit language.
Synonyms: unambiguous, exact, precise, definite, express
Antonyms: ambiguous, indefinite
- clearly developed or formulated:
explicit knowledge; explicit belief.
- definite and unreserved in expression; outspoken:
He was quite explicit as to what he expected us to do for him.
Synonyms: unabashed, forthright, open
- having sexual acts or nudity clearly depicted:
explicit movies; explicit books.
- Mathematics. (of a function) having the dependent variable expressed directly in terms of the independent variables, as y = 3 x + 4. Compare implicit ( def 4 ).
explicit
1/ ɪkˈsplɪsɪt /
adjective
- precisely and clearly expressed, leaving nothing to implication; fully stated
explicit instructions
- graphically detailed, leaving little to the imagination
sexually explicit scenes
- openly expressed without reservations; unreserved
- See implicitmaths (of a function) having an equation of the form y=f ( x ), in which y is expressed directly in terms of x, as in y=x 4+ x + z Compare implicit
explicit
2/ ɪkˈsplɪsɪt /
(no translation)
- the end; an indication, used esp by medieval scribes, of the end of a book, part of a manuscript, etc
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Derived Forms
- exˈplicitly, adverb
- exˈplicitness, noun
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Other Words From
- ex·plic·it·ly adverb
- ex·plic·it·ness noun
- o·ver·ex·plic·it adjective
- qua·si-ex·plic·it adjective
- su·per·ex·plic·it adjective
- un·ex·plic·it adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of explicit1
Origin of explicit2
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Example Sentences
More than 20 million people tuned in to a broadcast network drama and saw two gay men have explicit sex.
Meanwhile, big dollar advertising campaigns have taken an explicit rainbow-hued slant.
Instead, everyone agrees it has simply reinscribed too big to fail as explicit law.
Religion is at the center of this debate over explicit protections for LGBT people.
Sex and passion; compulsive, life-changing, soul-altering sex, all to be made more explicit than he had done in the past.
Is the Bible revelation so clear and explicit that no difference of opinion as to its meaning is possible?
In other cases, both the engagement to God, and the engagement of those who Covenant to one another, may be explicit.
We are thus explicit in stating these points, because we are determined to be understood by all.
As an instance of explicit references made to the duty, we may advert to the blessing of Moses on the tribe of Levi.
And, above all, it is necessary that the Free Presbyterian Church should have regard to explicit solemn covenant obligations.
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