BabelNet

bn:00000741n

Noun Concept

Categories: Epistemology of science, Articles with short description, Critical thinking, Causality, Concepts in logic

explanation account explain Explained explaining

A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. WordNet 3.0

Definitions

Examples

Relations

Sources

A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An explanation is a set of statements usually constructed to describe a set of facts which clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts. Wikipedia

Set of statements constructed to describe a set of facts Wikidata

The act or process of describing how something works or the reasons why something happened. OmegaWiki

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done. Wiktionary

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc. Wiktionary (translation)

The explanation was very simple WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

I expected a brief account WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Wiktionary

IS A

statement

concept

statement

HAS PART