explanation
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[edit] Etymology
< Latin explanatio (“‘an explanation, interpretation’”) < explanare (“‘explain’”); see explain.
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explanation (plural explanations)
- The act or process of explaining
- The explanation was long and drawn-out.
- Something that explains, makes understandable
- An explanation for each UFO sighting was easily found.
- (euphemism) An excuse, apologetic justification poorly based in facts
- The rascal's inventive explanations rarely spared him a well-deserved spanking.
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- (act or process of explaining): clarification, elucidation, elaboration
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the act or process of explaining
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something that explains
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[edit] External links
- explanation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- explanation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
