English > explanation: 3 senses > noun 2, cognition| Meaning | Thought that makes something comprehensible. |
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| Parts | basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone | The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated / calculated or explained |
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| Narrower | interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering | An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious |
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| key | Something crucial for explaining |
| rationale, principle | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) |
| rationalization, rationalisation | The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason |
| theory | A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world |
| Broader | thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation | The process of using your mind to consider something carefully |
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| Spanish | explicación |
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| Catalan | explicació |
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