explanation

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noun

1. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. (Freq. 28)
- the explanation was very simple
- I expected a brief account
• Syn:
account
• Derivationally related forms:
account (for: account), explain
• Hypernyms:
statement
• Hyponyms:
simplification, accounting, reason, justification, exposition,
explication, gloss, rubric, deriving, derivation, etymologizing,
definition, interpretation, walk-through
• Part Meronyms:
explicandum, explanandum, explanans
2. thought that makes something comprehensible (Freq. 8)
• Hypernyms:
thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
• Hyponyms:
interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering, rationale,
principle, key, rationalization, rationalisation, theory
• Part Meronyms:
basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
3. the act of explaining;
making something plain or intelligible
- I heard his explanation of the accident
• Derivationally related forms:
explain
• Hypernyms:
speech act
• Hyponyms:
elucidation, explication