Engelsk navneord: explanation | |||
1. | explanation (om kommunikation) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The explanation was very simple. I expected a brief account. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | account | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | statement | ||
Mere specifikke termer | accounting, definition, derivation, deriving, etymologizing, explication, exposition, gloss, interpretation, justification, reason, rubric, simplification, walk-through | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | explanandum, explanans, explicandum | ||
2. | explanation (om erkendelse) thought that makes something comprehensible | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process | ||
Mere specifikke termer | interpretation, interpreting, key, principle, rationale, rationalisation, rationalization, rendering, rendition, theory | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork | ||
3. | explanation (om kommunikation) the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I heard his explanation of the accident. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | speech act | ||
Mere specifikke termer | elucidation, explication | ||