explicit
ik-SPLIS-itadjMeaning stated clearly and fully, leaving nothing to guess
Memory hook EX-PLIC-it: spelled OUT, unfolded. The beach sign spells it out in big letters, NO DOGS!, so Ivy and her pup turn around. The rule is explicit.
Mom’s rules were explicit: homework first, then one hour of games.
In context The sign was explicit, “No dogs on the beach from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., no exceptions,” so no one could claim to have misunderstood.
Similar clear, plain, direct, specific
Opposite implicit, vague, unstated
From Latin explicitus, “unfolded, laid out,” from explicare: ex (out) + plicare (to fold).