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- Dictionaryex·pla·na·tion/ˌekspləˈnāSHən/
noun
- 1. a statement or account that makes something clear: "the birth rate is central to any explanation of population trends" Similar
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the details or other information that someone gives to make something clear or easy to understand: [ C ] She gave a detailed explanation of the administration’s health-care proposal. An explanation is also a reason or an excuse for doing something: [ C ] He had no explanation for his absence the day before.
The meaning of EXPLANATION is the act or process of explaining. How to use explanation in a sentence.
An explanation is a statement about how or why something is the way it is. If you're failing math, you'd better come up with a good explanation to give to your parents. Explanation is from the same Latin word as explain: explanare, which means make clear.
the act or process of explaining. Synonyms: elucidation, description, interpretation, exposition, explication. 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. Synonyms: answer, key, solution.
the details or other information that someone gives to make something clear or easy to understand: [ C ] She gave a detailed explanation of the administration’s health-care proposal. An explanation is also a reason or an excuse for doing something: [ C ] He had no explanation for his absence the day before.
If you give an explanation, you give reasons why something happened, or describe something in detail.
Definition of explanation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
