explanation as a noun: 1 2 3
explanation account statement simplification accounting reason justification exposition explication gloss rubric derivation deriving etymologizing definition interpretation walk-through explanandum explicandum explanans jump to corresponding sense entry
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)
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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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