Usually means: Clearly expressed, leaving nothing implied.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word explicit:

General (31 matching dictionaries)
  1. explicit: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. explicit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. explicit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. explicit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. explicit: Vocabulary.com
  6. Explicit, explicit: Wordnik
  7. explicit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. explicit: Wiktionary
  9. explicit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. explicit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. explicit: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Explicit, explicit: Dictionary.com
  13. explicit: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. explicit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Explicit (disambiguation), Explicit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Explicit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. explicit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. explicit: Rhymezone
  19. explicit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. explicit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. explicit: Free Dictionary
  22. explicit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. explicit: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. explicit: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. explicit: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. explicit: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. explicit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  2. explicit: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Very specific, clear, or detailed.
adjective:  (euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic.
noun:  The final few words of a text.

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