Meaning of EXPLANATION
| Pronunciation: | | `eksplu'neyshun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | account |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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