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explanation
Overview of noun explanation
The noun explanation has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (29) explanation, account -- (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")
2. (8) explanation -- (thought that makes something comprehensible)
3. explanation -- (the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun explanation
3 senses of explanation
Sense 1
explanation, account
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
explanation
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
explanation
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun explanation
3 senses of explanation
Sense 1
explanation, account
=> simplification
=> accounting
=> reason
=> justification
=> exposition
=> explication
=> gloss, rubric
=> deriving, derivation, etymologizing
=> definition
=> interpretation
=> walk-through
Sense 2
explanation
=> interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering
=> rationale, principle
=> key
=> rationalization, rationalisation
=> theory
Sense 3
explanation
=> elucidation
=> explication
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun explanation
3 senses of explanation
Sense 1
explanation, account
=> statement
Sense 2
explanation
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
Sense 3
explanation
=> speech act
Antonyms of noun explanation
Member Holonyms of noun explanation
Substance Holonyms of noun explanation
Part Holonyms of noun explanation
Member Meronyms of noun explanation
Substance Meronyms of noun explanation
Part Meronyms of noun explanation
2 of 3 senses of explanation
Sense 1
explanation, account
HAS PART: explicandum, explanandum
HAS PART: explanans
Sense 2
explanation
HAS PART: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
Meronyms of noun explanation
2 of 3 senses of explanation
Sense 1
explanation, account
HAS PART: explicandum, explanandum
HAS PART: explanans
Sense 2
explanation
HAS PART: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
Holonyms of noun explanation
Attributes of noun explanation
Derived Forms of noun explanation
2 of 3 senses of explanation
Sense 1
explanation, account
RELATED TO>(verb) explain#2
=> explain
Sense 3
explanation
RELATED TO>(verb) explain#3
=> excuse, explain
RELATED TO>(verb) explain#1
=> explain, explicate
Domain of noun explanation
Domain Terms of noun explanation
Familiarity of noun explanation
explanation used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun explanation
3 senses of explanation
Sense 1
explanation, account
> statement
=> summary, sum-up
=> pleading
=> amendment
=> thing
=> truth, true statement
=> description, verbal description
=> declaration
=> announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration
=> Bill of Rights
=> formula
=> mathematical statement
=> bid, bidding
=> word
=> explanation, account
=> explicandum, explanandum
=> explanans
=> value statement
=> representation
=> solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
=> answer, reply, response
=> announcement, promulgation
=> prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
=> proposition
=> quotation
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> understatement
=> reservation, qualification
=> cautious statement
=> comment, commentary
=> remark, comment
=> rhetorical question
=> misstatement
=> restatement
=> agreement, understanding
=> condition, term
=> estimate
=> formula, chemical formula
=> representation
=> declaration
=> assurance
=> recital
=> negation
Sense 2
explanation
> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> free association
=> construction, mental synthesis
=> reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
=> line of thought
=> train of thought, thread
=> mysticism
=> ideation
=> consideration
=> excogitation
=> explanation
=> planning, preparation, provision
=> problem solving
=> convergent thinking
=> divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking
Sense 3
explanation
> speech act
=> congratulation, felicitation
=> slander
=> proposal, proposition
=> command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> agreement
=> citation
=> disagreement
=> offer, offering
=> request, asking
=> reply, response
=> description
=> affirmation, assertion, statement
=> denial
=> rejection
=> objection
=> informing, making known
=> disclosure, revelation, revealing
=> promise
=> boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
=> naming
=> challenge
=> explanation
=> denunciation, denouncement
=> address, speech
=> resignation
Meronyms of noun explanation
3 senses of explanation
Sense 1
explanation, account
HAS PART: explicandum, explanandum
HAS PART: explanans
Sense 2
explanation
HAS PART: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
Holonyms of noun explanation
Grep of noun explanation
demand for explanation
explanation
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