explanation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
the explanation was very simple
Types & categories
- statement hypernym
- simplification hyponym
- accounting hyponym
- reason hyponym
- justification hyponym
- exposition hyponym
- explication hyponym
- gloss hyponym
- deriving hyponym
- definition hyponym
- interpretation hyponym
- walk-through hyponym
Parts & wholes
- explicandum part meronym
- explanans part meronym
Related & opposite
- answer for derivation
- report derivation
- explain derivation
Sense 2 noun
thought that makes something comprehensible
Types & categories
- thinking hypernym
- interpreting hyponym
- rationale hyponym
- key hyponym
- rationalization hyponym
- theory hyponym
Parts & wholes
- groundwork part meronym
Sense 3 noun
the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
I heard his explanation of the accident
Types & categories
- speech act hypernym
- elucidation hyponym
- explication hyponym
Related & opposite
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| 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 |