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explanation
noun
1 explanation
A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.:
— The explanation was very simple.
synonym: account.
Roget 537:
teaching
etc.
v.;
instruction;
edification;
education;
tuition;
tutorage,
tutelage;
direction,
guidance;
opsimathy†.
qualification,
preparation;
training,
schooling
etc.
v.;
discipline;
excitation.
drill,
practice;
book exercise.
persuasion,
proselytism,
propagandism†,
propaganda;
indoctrination,
inculcation,
inoculation;
advise
etc.
695.
explanation
etc.
(interpretation)
522;
lesson,
lecture,
sermon;
apologue†,
parable;
discourse,
prolection†,
preachment;
chalk talk;
Chautauqua [U.S.].
exercise,
task;
curriculum;
course,
course of study;
grammar,
three R's,
initiation,
A. B.C.,
etc.
(beginning)
66.
elementary education,
primary education,
secondary education,
technical education,
college education,
collegiate education,
military education,
university education,
liberal education,
classical education,
religious education,
denominational education,
moral education,
secular education;
propaedeutics†,
moral tuition.
gymnastics,
calisthenics;
physical drill,
physical education;
sloyd†.
[methods of teaching]
phonics;
rote,
rote memorization,
brute memory;
cooperative learning;
Montessori method,
ungraded classes.
[measuring degree of learning of pupils]
test,
examination,
exam;
final exam,
mid-term exam grade
[result of measurement of learning],
score,
marks;
A,B,C,D,E,F;
gentleman's C;
pass,
fail,
incomplete.
homework;
take-home lesson;
exercise for the student;
theme,
project.
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Roget 522:
interpretation,
definition;
explanation,
explication;
solution,
answer;
rationale;
plain interpretation,
simple interpretation,
strict interpretation;
meaning
etc.
516.
translation;
rendering,
rendition;
redition†;
literal translation,
free translation;
key;
secret;
clew
etc.
(indication)
550;
clavis†,
crib,
pony,
trot [U.S.].
exegesis;
expounding,
exposition;
hermeneutics;
comment,
commentary;
inference
etc.
(deduction)
480;
illustration,
exemplification;
gloss,
annotation,
scholium†,
note;
elucidation,
dilucidation†;
eclaircissement [Fr.],
mot d'enigme [Fr.].
[methods of interpreting - list]
symptomatology [Med.],
semiology,
semeiology†,
semiotics;
metoposcopy†,
physiognomy;
paleography
etc.
(philology)
560;
oneirology acception†,
acceptation,
acceptance;
light,
reading,
lection,
construction,
version.
equivalent,
equivalent meaning
etc.
516;
synonym;
paraphrase,
metaphrase†;
convertible terms,
apposition;
dictionary
etc.
562;
polyglot.
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Roget 155:
attribution,
theory,
etiology,
ascription,
reference to,
rationale;
accounting for
etc.
v.;
palaetiology1,
imputation,
derivation from.
filiation†,
affiliation;
pedigree
etc.
(paternity)
166.
explanation
etc.
(interpretation)
522;
reason why
etc.
(cause)
153.
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Dutch: explicatie, motivering, uitleg, verklaring
Polish: wyjaśnienie, usprawiedliwienie, uzasadnienie, wytłumaczenie, motywacja
2 explanation
Thought that makes something comprehensible.
3 explanation
The act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible.
Dutch: toelichting, motivering, explicatie, verklaring, uitleg
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