- explanation, account - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"
--1 is a kind of statement
--1 has parts: explicandum, explanandum; explanans
--1 has particulars:simplification; accounting; reason; justification; exposition; explication; gloss, rubric; deriving, derivation, etymologizing; definition; interpretation; walk-through Derived form: verb explain2 - explanation - thought that makes something comprehensible
--2 is a kind of thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation
--2 has parts:
--2 has particulars:basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering; rationale, principle; key; natural history; rationalization, rationalisation; theory - explanation - the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"
--3 is a kind of speech act
--3 has particulars: elucidation; explicationDerived forms: verb explain3, verb explain1 - explanation - the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"