explanation (n)
account#4 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
examples the explanation was very simple
I expected a brief account
Outgoing links
Hypernym statement
Derivationally related form account → account
Derivationally related form account → account
Derivationally related form explanation → explain
Part meronym explicandum, explanandum; explanans
Hyponym simplification; accounting; reason; justification; exposition; explication; gloss, rubric; deriving, derivation, etymologizing; definition; interpretation; walk-through
Incoming links
Hyponym statement
Part holonym explicandum, explanandum; explanans
Hypernym simplification; accounting; reason; justification; exposition; explication; gloss, rubric; deriving, derivation, etymologizing; definition; interpretation; walk-through
Derivationally related form account → account
Derivationally related form account → account
Derivationally related form explain → explanation

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