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Definition of explanation

thought that makes something comprehensible
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"
the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"

Similar Words: account

Hyponyms: interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering, rationale, principle, key, natural history, rationalization, rationalisation, theory, simplification, accounting, reason, justification, exposition, explication, gloss, rubric, deriving, derivation, etymologizing, definition, walk-through, elucidation

Derivational Morphology: report, describe, account, answer for, explain, excuse, explicate

Anagrams: exponential

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