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{
"term": "explanation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a statement, fact, or situation that tells you why something happened; a reason given for something",
"sensetop": "explanation for somethingexplanation for doing somethingexplanation of somethingexplanation as to why…without explanation",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The most **likely explanation** is that his plane was delayed."
},
{
"text": "It's the only explanation that makes any sense."
},
{
"text": "**a plausible/an alternative explanation**"
},
{
"text": "to **offer/provide an explanation**"
},
{
"text": "I can't think of any **possible explanation** for his absence.",
"contextForm": "explanation for something"
},
{
"text": "I'm sure there's a perfectly **simple explanation** for this."
},
{
"text": "She didn't **give an** adequate **explanation** for being late.",
"contextForm": "explanation for doing something"
},
{
"text": "The book opens with an explanation of why some drugs are banned.",
"contextForm": "explanation of something"
},
{
"text": "an explanation as to why he had left early",
"contextForm": "explanation as to why…"
},
{
"text": "She left the room abruptly without explanation.",
"contextForm": "without explanation"
},
{
"text": "‘I had to see you,’ he said, by way of explanation."
},
{
"text": "‘I've worked with them before, you see,’ he added, in explanation."
},
{
"text": "A more credible explanation now occurred to her."
},
{
"text": "An explanation is clearly called for."
},
{
"text": "Another quite plausible explanation presented itself."
},
{
"text": "Her success has been so remarkable as to defy explanation."
},
{
"text": "I can think of one possible explanation for her behaviour."
},
{
"text": "I had no explanation for her strange behaviour."
},
{
"text": "I suppose you deserve an explanation."
},
{
"text": "I think you owe me an explanation."
},
{
"text": "It's the only explanation that makes any kind of sense."
},
{
"text": "No further explanation is necessary."
},
{
"text": "No single clear explanation emerged from the experiments."
},
{
"text": "Several possible explanations exist."
},
{
"text": "She wrote to the company demanding an explanation."
},
{
"text": "The men left quickly with no attempt at explanation."
},
{
"text": "The simplest explanation for his achievements lies in his greater ability and superiority over his contemporaries at college."
},
{
"text": "There is no generally accepted explanation of this practice."
},
{
"text": "There is probably some perfectly logical explanation for their absence."
},
{
"text": "There was no apparent explanation for the attack."
},
{
"text": "There's sure to be a perfectly innocent explanation for all this—though I admit it looks bizarre."
},
{
"text": "We are still waiting for a full explanation from the teacher concerned."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["convincing", "credible", "good"],
"verb + explanation": ["have", "give (somebody)", "offer (somebody)"],
"explanation + verb": ["lie", "emerge", "occur to somebody"],
"preposition": [
"in explanation",
"without explanation",
"explanation about"
],
"phrases": ["an attempt at explanation", "by way of explanation"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a statement or piece of writing that tells you how something works or makes something easier to understand",
"sensetop": "explanation of how, what, etc…explanation of somethingexplanation about something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Other parts of the book contain unnecessarily lengthy explanations."
},
{
"text": "For a full explanation of how the machine works, turn to page 5.",
"contextForm": "explanation of how, what, etc…"
},
{
"text": "The teacher gave the children a detailed explanation of the story.",
"contextForm": "explanation of something"
},
{
"text": "He entered into a technical explanation about software and programming.",
"contextForm": "explanation about something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["convincing", "credible", "good"],
"verb + explanation": ["have", "give (somebody)", "offer (somebody)"],
"explanation + verb": ["lie", "emerge", "occur to somebody"],
"preposition": [
"in explanation",
"without explanation",
"explanation about"
],
"phrases": ["an attempt at explanation", "by way of explanation"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌekspləˈneɪʃn/",
"audio": "ex/explanation/explanation__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌekspləˈneɪʃn/",
"audio": "ex/explanation/explanation__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin explanatio(n-), from the verb explanare, based on planus ‘plain’."
}