nnoun.communicationa statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.Synset:account
Examples:- the explanation was very simple
- I expected a brief account
Derivationally Related Form:explainaccount
Hypernyms:statement
Inherited Hypernyms:explanationstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:accountingdefinitionderivationderivingetymologizingexplicationexpositionglossinterpretationjustificationreasonrubricsimplificationwalk-through
Part Meronyms:explanans explanandum explicandum
Full Hyponyms:accountingalibiapologyapproximationcauseclarificationconstrualconstructioncontextual definitiondefensedefinitionderivingdictionary definitiondisambiguationeisegesisexcuseexegesisexplicationexplicit definitionexpositionextenuationglossijtihadimbrogliointerpretationjustificationletterlexical disambiguationliteral interpretationmisconstrualmisinterpretationmisreadingmoralizingostensive definitionoversimplificationphilosophizingpopularizationpreachificationreadingreasonreconstructionrecursive definitionredefinitionsimplificationstipulative definitionversionwalk-through
nnoun.cognitionthought that makes something comprehensibleHypernyms:cerebration intellection mentation thinking thought thought process
Inherited Hypernyms:explanationthinkinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:interpretationinterpretingkeyprinciplerationalerationalisationrationalizationrenderingrenditiontheory
Part Meronyms:base basis cornerstone foundation fundament groundwork
Full Hyponyms:associationismatomic theoryatomismbig-bang theoryblastogenesisbohr theorybroad interpretationcell theoryconsumerismcorpuscular theorydarwinismdialecticseconomic theoryfield theoryfunctionalismgame theorygeneral relativitygerm theorygestalt psychologyholisminformation theoryinterpretationkeykeynesianismkinetic theorykinetic theory of heatlamarckismliberalismmalthusianismmendelismmonetarismnebular hypothesisneo-darwinismneo-lamarckismorganicismplanetesimal hypothesispreformationpunctuated equilibriumquantum theoryraison d'etrerationalerationalizationreductionismrelativityrent seekingrutherford atomscientific theoryspecial relativitysteady state theorystructuralismsupersymmetrytheorytheory of dissociationtheory of evolutiontheory of gravitationtheory of indicatorstheory of inheritanceuncertainty principlewave theory
nnoun.communicationthe act of explaining; making something plain or intelligibleExamples:- I heard his explanation of the accident
Derivationally Related Form:explain
Hypernyms:speech act
Inherited Hypernyms:explanationspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:elucidationexplication
Full Hyponyms:elucidationexplication