Definition of explicit in US English:

explicit

adjective

1Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
‘the speaker's intentions were not made explicit’
- ‘The contract with the writer is very explicit, he explains.’
- ‘Taking examples from actual primary care practice, Launer presents the techniques in a clear, explicit fashion.’
- ‘Although his condition is never made explicit, the Swindon teenager shows all the signs of having Asperger's.’
- ‘A number of instructional texts make explicit reference to the difficulties of learning Thai.’
- ‘At least one has even made explicit reference to the use of nuclear bombs, albeit as a retaliatory measure.’
- ‘I have explicit instructions not to share that with you right now.’
- ‘Assumptions are explicit statements describing the present and future environment.’
- ‘In this section, we describe these forms of explicit prejudice.’
- ‘A narrative is implied, but never made explicit.’
- ‘It is not to my present purpose to consider how such an explicit definition of the notion of a sense-datum might be formulated.’
- ‘In 2003 the Justice Minister gave his explicit consent for the adoption of 595 children.’
- ‘Others make more explicit the objectives to which the government should devote itself.’
- ‘During the initial days after the diagnosis, your patient or the parents may need very explicit instructions.’
- ‘To ensure consistency, several definitions were made explicit before data entry began.’
- ‘The area of this part can be found once we have an explicit description of its graph.’
- ‘It's clearly an explicit miscarriage of justice, and I'm glad to see that these young guys are being free.’
- ‘You may use my personal information - but only with my explicit permission.’
- ‘The methodologies employed are not only made explicit, but discussed in some detail, albeit at times anecdotally.’
- ‘Plekhanov's program did not represent an explicit disavowal of socialist objectives.’
- ‘The ransom note is very explicit on what he's going to do.’
clear, direct, plain, obvious, straightforward, clear-cut, crystal clear, clearly expressed, easily understandable, blunt
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1. 1.1 (of a person) stating something in a clear and detailed way.
  ‘let me be explicit’
  ‘It is important that scientists are explicit about the limitations of their work.’
  ‘Henry was explicit about this in one of only two articles he published on decorative art while he was in Sydney.’
  ‘I think they've been very explicit about this for months.’
  ‘Fortunately, Alexander is more explicit elsewhere in his writings.’
  ‘He was not explicit but implied to me that most of the people were in some way connected with publishing or writing.’
  ‘If you are explicit in the comment section of your order, I've found that they are pretty good.’
  ‘From the start, he was explicit about his modus operandi: We were to give him our program, and he would give us a design.’
  ‘The Spanish-dominant families were explicit about their concerns.’
  ‘Now she was very explicit as to what her first choice still was, it was still revenge.’
  ‘Once we are explicit in the legislation, we can move away from that general reference to the principles of the treaty.’
  ‘The officials were very explicit at the select committee.’
  ‘We were quite explicit in the consultation process that this would be one of the savings that would be made.’
  ‘People fall in love all the time, but few professional athletes are so explicit in recounting the moment they met their soulmate 15 years earlier.’
  ‘At the end of the book Toussaint moves toward post-development discourse, although he is not explicit about it.’
  ‘Can you be explicit about whether you think a pull out of Australian troops would be a substantial damaging of the alliance?’
  ‘His former colleagues were explicit in their condemnation.’
  ‘If they were not explicit, it would certainly have been implied.’
  ‘In fact, the Court is quite explicit on this point.’
  ‘However, he was not explicit as to when and how a civil dictatorship could replace a military government and eventually be replaced by a democratic system.’
  ‘It would have helped had he been more explicit on this point.’
2. 1.2 Describing or representing sexual activity in a graphic fashion.
  ‘explicit photos showing poses and acts’
  ‘The site includes explicit photography and detailed descriptions of sex acts.’
  ‘They said they just felt that the explicit depiction of sexual activity and nudity was unacceptable.’
  ‘The board objected to explicit scenes depicting sexual relations between a 15-year-old girl and an adult man.’
  ‘The trilogy also introduced a far more explicit approach to the sexual nature of the vampire.’
  ‘Do you think things have become too explicit today and thus less erotic?’
  ‘It was a very explicit, very descriptive story with a sex scene between Tristan and Ian.’
  ‘Testimony also included description of explicit photographs that include the defendant in them.’
  ‘He also described ‘a gay sexual encounter in explicit and derogatory terms’ from the pulpit.’
  ‘The director's cut features a few fairly explicit scenes that didn't make it to U.S. theaters.’
  ‘Do librarians have a right to a workplace reasonably free of sexually explicit materials?’
  ‘There's no other way to describe him without using explicit language.’
  ‘The explicit references to sexual perversions are not the best thing about the book, although they don't really do it much harm.’
  ‘Any readers who are easily offended or who simply dislike explicit descriptions of sex should avoid this novel.’
  ‘He only read it because he heard there were some very explicit sexual situations in it.’
  ‘Have today's films become too explicit in dealing with sex?’
  ‘There are often legal and other obstacles to using highly explicit videos in assessing sex offenders.’
  ‘Pimping, hookers, all sexual acts and explicit language has been censored in the Australian version.’
  ‘This is erotic fiction complete with explicit language and sexual content.’
  ‘Her explicit accounts of her sexual journey developed into this fictionalised memoir.’
  ‘I'd put an even more explicit photo on, except I'd have to put an Agecheck on my site!’
  uncensored, unrestrained, unreserved, unrestricted, uninhibited, graphic
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