Dictionary Entry
explanation
explanation is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 24 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.
- 2noun
That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation.
- 3noun
The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
- 4noun
A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation.
- 5noun
thought that makes something comprehensible
- 6noun
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"
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- 7noun
the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
"I heard his explanation of the accident"
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