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"Clarifying account"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aaeilnnoptxStarts with EEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. thought that makes something comprehensible

Word origin

From Latin explanatio (“an explanation, interpretation”), from explanare (“explain”); see explain. Morphologically explain + -ation. Displaced native Old English racu.

Used in a sentence

  • The explanation was long and drawn-out.
  • An explanation for the UFO sightings was easily found.
  • The socialist will, of course, see in this merely a proof that the more intelligent person is today bound to become a socialist. But this is far from being the necessary or even the most likely explanation.

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