I caught on to what the teacher was explaining.
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Explaining
Synonyms for "explaining" (37 found)
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Noun(7 words)
Related words (18)
Noun(14 words)
explanationexplanatoryexplicateexplicationexpositionexpository methodilluminateinformativeinterpretjustifypedagogical methodrationalerationalizesupport
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12 entriesanalysiscognitive processcommunicationdescriptive adjectivediscoursediscourse methodexplanationinterpretationknowledge disseminationmodifierpedagogyreasoning
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20 entriescausal accountcausal explanationdata interpretationdemonstrative explanationdialogic explanationelucidationelucidatoryexplanatory appendixexplanatory diagramexplanatory noteexplicationhistorical explanationinterpretationjustificationpedagogicphenomenon interpretation
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Collocations
14 entriescausal explanationclear explanationconcise explanationexplaining conceptexplaining dataexplaining mechanismexplaining modelexplaining phenomenaexplaining phenomenonexplaining resultsexplaining theoryscientific explanationstep by step explanationthorough explanation
Inflections
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7 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The teacher didn't mind explaining the problem again.
Source: tatoeba (273071)
You can't cop out on explaining a price increase of that size by blaming OPEC; that won't wash.
Source: tatoeba (275954)
He had no difficulty explaining the mystery.
Source: tatoeba (290516)
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