explanation

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

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Senses

a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.

the explanation was very simple

thought that makes something comprehensible

the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible

I heard his explanation of the accident

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	answer for
1	derivation	Related & opposite	report
1	derivation	Related & opposite	explain
1	part meronym	Parts & wholes	explicandum
1	part meronym	Parts & wholes	explanans
1	hypernym	Types & categories	statement
1	hyponym	Types & categories	simplification
1	hyponym	Types & categories	accounting
1	hyponym	Types & categories	reason
1	hyponym	Types & categories	justification
1	hyponym	Types & categories	exposition
1	hyponym	Types & categories	explication
1	hyponym	Types & categories	gloss
1	hyponym	Types & categories	deriving
1	hyponym	Types & categories	definition
1	hyponym	Types & categories	interpretation
1	hyponym	Types & categories	walk-through
2	part meronym	Parts & wholes	groundwork
2	hypernym	Types & categories	thinking
2	hyponym	Types & categories	interpreting
2	hyponym	Types & categories	rationale
2	hyponym	Types & categories	key
2	hyponym	Types & categories	rationalization
2	hyponym	Types & categories	theory
3	derivation	Related & opposite	excuse
3	derivation	Related & opposite	explain
3	hypernym	Types & categories	speech act
3	hyponym	Types & categories	elucidation
3	hyponym	Types & categories	explication