Explanation synonyms and antonyms
ĕk'splə-nā'shən
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The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
An abstract of a commercial or financial account showing an amount due; a bill.
A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.
An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something
A translation or version
The act of presenting or bringing to view or notice
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An explanation or conceptualization by a critic of a work of literature, painting, music, or other art form; an exegesis.
The definition of a display is an exhibition or a show of something.
A reciting; specif., a telling of facts, events, etc. in detail
A statement or rhetorical discourse intended to give information about or an explanation of difficult material.
Reason is the cause for something to happen or the power of your brain to think, understand and engage in logical thought.
The sense given by an expositor).
(Computing) Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
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An example, story, analogy, etc. used to help explain or make something clear
Tale means a lie.
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
The definition of a specification is a precise requirement, or a detailed description of workmanship, materials or processes.
The level of detail in a recording, production, or digital encoding of an image or sound.
The act or process of confessing, as in telling one's life story as a series of failings or tribulations.
A kind or sort:
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A particular word or phrase:
A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber. [from 20th c.]
An answer is defined as something that is similar or a close copy.
A report; description; story
The definition of a comment is a statement or remark.
The act of justifying.
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The process, or result of rationalizing.
The definition of a narrative is a story or tale of events.
A report or rumor
A formal written account of related natural phenomena:
A critical or explanatory note; a commentary.
The definition of glossary is a list of words and their meanings.
Example is defined as something or someone that is used as a model.
An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense:
The definition of an excuse is an explanation or a reason for an action.
An explanation offered to avoid blame or justify action; an excuse.
(Law) The defendant's answer to a formal criminal charge:
Collectively, the attorneys representing a defendant and any laypeople assisting them in their efforts, particularly in a criminal trial. In litigation, generally a factual denial or an assertion of facts or law that counters or negates a claim made by the other party. See also self defense.
(Linguistics) The use of function words such as prepositions, pronouns, or auxiliary verbs instead of inflectional endings to express a grammatical relationship; for example, the cover of the dictionary instead of the dictionary's cover.
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The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.
An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one.
A purposefully misleading interpretation or explanation.
A determining factor in accomplishing or achieving something:
The solution is the method of solving a problem or the correct answer to a puzzle, problem or difficult situation.
(Countable) The style of writing of a person.
A note of comment or reference at the bottom of a page or, now often, at the end of a chapter or book
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A brief informal letter:
A spoken or written account of an event, usually presented in detail:
(Law) An answer to any action.
the details
Something intended to make clear
proof (related)
(Uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
The definition of a cause is anyone or anything that brings about a result.
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(Logic) The act or process of deducing; reasoning from the general to the specific, or from premises to a logically valid conclusion; also, a conclusion reached by such reasoning
Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:
Motive is defined as a reason for doing something.
cloudiness (antonym)
The property of being obscure (e.g. information).
complication (antonym)
The definition of a complication is an undesired development that makes something harder or makes something worse.
The art, trade, or work of building:
explain (related)
Something that serves to explain or clarify
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indication (related)
argument (related)
explaination (related)
reasoning (related)
evidence (related)
An explanation by example, experiment, etc.
résumé
Something intended to make clear
(US, dated) Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
the dope
Something intended to make clear
(Microbiology) The removal of the nuclear body of a cell.
Clarification; elucidation.
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