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Explanation Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Explanation?
[n] thought that makes something comprehensible
[n] 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" [n] the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident" Synonyms | Synonyms for Explanation: account Related Terms | Find terms related to Explanation: abstraction | accomplishment | account | allegorization | analysis | answer | ascertainment | body of theory | case | case in point | cause | clarification | clearance | clearing | clearing up | commentary | construction | cracking | criticism | decipherment | decoding | definition | delineation | demonstration | demythologization | denouement | description | destigmatization | destigmatizing | determination | disclosure | disentanglement | doctrinairism | doctrinality | doctrinarity | editing | elucidation | emblem | emendation | end | end result | enlightenment | euhemerism | example | exculpation | excuse | exegesis | exemplar | exemplification | explication | exponent | expose | exposition | expounding | finding | finding-out | grounds | illumination | illustration | instance | interpretation | issue | justification | key | light | meaning | mere theory | motive | object lesson | outcome | pretense | pretext | purgation | purging | rational ground | rationale | rationalization | reason | reason why | rehabilitation | reinstatement | relevant instance | representative | resolution | resolving | restoration | result | riddling | signification | simplification | solution | solving | sorting out | speculation | stated cause | symbol | tentative explanation | the big idea | the idea | the whatfor | the wherefore | the why | theoretic | theoretical basis | theoretical structure | theoretics | theoria | theoric | theorization | theory | type | typical example | underlying reason | unified theory | unlocking | unraveling | unriddling | unscrambling | unspinning | untangling | untwisting | unweaving | upshot | vindication | working | working-out See Also | accounting | base | basis | cerebration | cornerstone | definition | derivation | deriving | elucidation | etymologizing | explication | exposition | foundation | fundament | gloss | groundwork | intellection | interpretation | interpretation | interpreting | justification | key | mentation | natural history | principle | rationale | rationalisation | rationalization | reason | rendering | rendition | rubric | simplification | speech act | statement | theory | thinking | thought Explanation In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`pla*na"tion\, n. [L. explanatio: cf. OF.
esplanation.]
1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the
act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible;
as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a
contract or treaty.
2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory
explanation.
3. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it;
definition; interpretation; sense.
Different explanations [of the Trinity]. --Bp.
Burnet.
4. A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a
view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile
differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an
explanation.
Syn: Definition; description; explication; exposition;
interpretation; detail. See {Definition}.
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