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Noun Concept
Categories: Concepts in logic, Articles with short description, Critical thinking, Epistemology of science, Theories
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explanation  account  explain  Explained  explaining
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A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. WordNet 3.0
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A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An explanation is a set of statements usually constructed to describe a set of facts which clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts. Wikipedia
Set of statements constructed to describe a set of facts Wikidata
The act or process of describing how something works or the reasons why something happened. OmegaWiki
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done. Wiktionary
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc. Wiktionary (translation)
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The explanation was very simple WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
I expected a brief account WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Wiktionary
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