Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

06738281-n ✪ 'a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.';

Chinese (simplified)	解释
English	explanation ₂₈ ( ⊳ ) , account ₃ ( ⊳ ⊳ )
Indonesian	pemerian , penjelasan , komentar , keterangan , tafsiran
Japanese	説明 , 解説

Definitions

English: a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
― the explanation was very simple; I expected a brief account
Japanese: 関連した構造、作業、あるいは事情などを述べることによって、理解できるようにする声明
― 説明は非常に簡単だった; 私は簡潔な説明を予想した

Relations

Hyponym:	accounting definition deriving explication exposition gloss interpretation justification reason simplification walk-through
Hypernym:	statement
Meronym–Part:	explanans explicandum
Semantic Field:	communication_n

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ △ ▷ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.008; Future: 0.000)

SentiWN: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▽ (+0.12 -0.00)