
1) Account 2) Accounting 3) Apology 4) Cause 5) Clarification 6) Commentary 7) Definition 8) Deriving 9) Description 10) Elucidation 11) Etymologizing 12) Explication 13) Footnote 14) Gloss 15) Interpretation 16) Interpreting 17) Meaning 18) Rationale 19) Rationalization 20) Reason 21) Simplification
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1) Account 2) Amplification 3) Analysis 4) Clarification 5) Clarificatory account 6) Clearing up 7) Defence 8) Description 9) Elucidation 10) Excuse 11) Explaining 12) Illumination 13) Poetry by Wallace Stevens 14) Reason 15) Reason given for an action 16) Relation 17) Report 18) Something that explains
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- a statement that explains
- thought that makes something comprehensible
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An explanation is a set of statements constructed to describe a set of facts which clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts. This description may establish rules or laws, and may clarify the existing ones in relation to any objects, or phenomena examined. The components of an explanation can be implicit, and be interwoven wit...
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[poem] `Explanation` is a poem from Wallace Stevens`s first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). It was first published in 1917, so it is in the public domain. == Notes == ...
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation. • (n.) The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definitio...
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Ex`pla·na'tion noun [ Latin explanatio : confer Old French 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.
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n] - the act of explaining 2. [n] - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. 3. [n] - thought that makes something comprehensible
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noun thought that makes something comprehensible
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In general: the process, art, means or method of making a fact or a statement intelligible; the result and the expression of what is made intelligible; the meaning attributed to anything by one who makes it intelligible; a genetic description, causal development, systematic clarification, rational exposition, scientific interpretation, intelligib.....
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Means of communication that involves the straightforward communication of knowledge or information to others, for example showing a friend how to play an unfamiliar card game, or giving directions. Narration is a less factual explanation or account
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the act or process of explaining. · something that explains; a statement made to clarify something and make it understandable; exposition: an explanation of a poem. · a meaning or interpretation: to find an explanation for a mystery. · a mutual declaration of the meaning of words spoken, actions, motives, etc., with a view to adjust...
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making something plain or intelligible
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[SAT terms] making something plain or intelligible
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[PARCC7 glossary] a statement that makes something comprehensible
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