en explanation (n)

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: OpenCyc 2012, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ar إيضَاح (n, communication) ➜
  • ar تَعْلِيل (n, cognition) ➜
  • ar تَعْلِيل (n, communication) ➜
  • ar تَفْسِير (n, cognition) ➜
  • ar تَفْسِير (n, communication) ➜
  • ar تَوْضِيح (n, communication) ➜
  • ar شَرْح (n, cognition) ➜
  • ca explicació (n, cognition) ➜
  • ca explicació (n, communication) ➜
  • da beretning (n, communication) ➜
  • da forklaring (n, communication) ➜
  • da historie (n, communication) ➜
  • en account (n, communication) ➜
  • sh objašnjenje ➜
  • es explicación (n, cognition) ➜
  • es explicación (n, communication) ➜
  • eu argibide (n, cognition) ➜
  • eu argibide (n, communication) ➜
  • eu argitasun (n, cognition) ➜
  • eu azalpen (n, cognition) ➜
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Types of explanation

  • en accounting (n, communication) ➜
  • en definition (n, communication) ➜
  • en deriving (n, historical_linguistics) ➜
  • en elucidation (n, communication) ➜
  • en explication (n, communication) ➜
  • en exposition (n, communication) ➜
  • en gloss (n, communication) ➜
  • en interpretation (n, cognition) ➜
  • en interpretation (n, communication) ➜
  • en justification (n, communication) ➜
  • en key (n, cognition) ➜
  • en rationale (n, law) ➜
  • en rationalization (n, cognition) ➜
  • en reason (n, communication) ➜
  • en simplification (n, communication) ➜
  • en theory (n, cognition) ➜
  • en walk-through (n, communication) ➜
  • en basis (n) ➜
  • en excuse (n) ➜
  • en indicant (n) ➜
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Related terms

  • en explain ➜
  • en explanatory ➜
  • en act ➜
  • en explicative ➜
  • en explicator ➜
  • en explicatory ➜
  • en process ➜
  • en reconciliation ➜
  • en understandable ➜
  • fr explication ➜

explanation is a type of…

  • en thinking (n, cognition) ➜
  • en speech act (n, communication) ➜
  • en statement (n, communication) ➜
  • en written or spoken work (n) ➜
  • en intelligent agent activity (n) ➜
  • en making abstract (n) ➜
  • en partially mental event (n) ➜
  • en speech act (n) ➜
  • en thinking (n) ➜

Parts of explanation

  • en basis (n, cognition) ➜
  • en explanans (n, logic) ➜
  • en explicandum (n, logic) ➜

Word forms

  • en explanations ➜

Links to other resources

  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/Explanation
  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/Explanation_271
  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/Explanation_Thinking
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 105801008-n
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 106751030-n
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 107247081-n
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