Synset

a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
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account

explanation

sample sentences

"the explanation was very simple"
"I expected a brief account"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

explain

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

account account

semantic pointers

hypernym

statement

part meronym

explicandum, explanandum explanans

hyponym

simplification accounting reason justification exposition explication gloss, rubric derivation, deriving, etymologizing definition interpretation walk-through