Explanation | Mean of explanation in English Dictionary

/ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/

• Noun
• the act or process of making something clear or easy to understand
1. Some of the more technical terms need/require explanation. [=they need to be explained]
2. She declined the offer without (further) explanation.
3. Some of his actions defy explanation. [=cannot be explained]
4. The company offered little by way of explanation for the delays. [=as a way of explaining why there were delays]
• something (such as a statement or fact) that explains something
1. The professor's explanation was that the poem is really a parody.
2. Did she offer an explanation for the delays?
3. There are several possible explanations for the oil shortage.
4. a likely/probable/plausible explanation of how the accident occurred