EXPLANATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • thought that makes something comprehensible
   Hypernyms(s) explanation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • thinking (what does thinking mean?)
   • thought (what does thought mean?)
   • cerebration (what does cerebration mean?)
   • intellection (what does intellection mean?)
   • mentation (what does mentation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • interpretation (what does interpretation mean?)
   • interpreting (what does interpreting mean?)
   • rendition (what does rendition mean?)
   • rendering (what does rendering mean?)
   • rationale (what does rationale mean?)
   • principle (what does principle mean?)
   • key (what does key mean?)
   • natural history (what does natural history mean?)
   • rationalization (what does rationalization mean?)
   • rationalisation (what does rationalisation mean?)
   • theory (what does theory mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
   Synonym(s)
   • account (what does account mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the explanation was very simple
   • I expected a brief account
   Hypernyms(s) explanation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • statement (what does statement mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • simplification (what does simplification mean?)
   • accounting (what does accounting mean?)
   • reason (what does reason mean?)
   • justification (what does justification mean?)
   • exposition (what does exposition mean?)
   • explication (what does explication mean?)
   • gloss (what does gloss mean?)
   • rubric (what does rubric mean?)
   • deriving (what does deriving mean?)
   • derivation (what does derivation mean?)
   • etymologizing (what does etymologizing mean?)
   • definition (what does definition mean?)
   • interpretation (what does interpretation mean?)
   • walk-through (what does walk-through mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • report (what does report mean?)
   • describe (what does describe mean?)
   • account (what does account mean?)
   • account (what does account mean?)
   • answer for (what does answer for mean?)
   • explain (what does explain mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the act of explaining
   • making something plain or intelligible
   Usage Example(s)
   • I heard his explanation of the accident
   Hypernyms(s) explanation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • speech act (what does speech act mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • elucidation (what does elucidation mean?)
   • explication (what does explication mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • excuse (what does excuse mean?)
   • explain (what does explain mean?)
   • explain (what does explain mean?)
   • explicate (what does explicate mean?)