explication

[ ek-spli-key-shuhn ]

/ ˌɛk splɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of explicating.

an explanation; interpretation: He gave a brilliant explication of James Joyce's book.

Origin of explication

1520–30; <Middle French <Latin explicātiōn- (stem of explicātiō). See explicate, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM explication

re·ex·pli·ca·tion, nounself-ex·pli·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby explication

expletive, explicable, explicandum, explicans, explicate, explication, explication de texte, explicative, explicit, explicit function, explode

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Example sentences from the Web for explication

“It was basically an explication of how reality TV slants reality,” says Robert King.
Inside ‘Good Wife’ Writers’ Room|Jace Lacob|September 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Kepler's Supposition not so probable: the explication of the Phnomena by another Hypothesis.
Micrographia|Robert Hooke
Hearne remarks that the explication of this word warranted by Sir E. Coke is "a wood grubbed up and turned to arable."
Notes and Queries, Issue No. 61, December 28, 1850|Various
Paul's entire theology was nothing but the explication of his own conversion.
The Life of St. Paul|James Stalker

Which Explication I could easily prove, had I time; but this is not a fit place for it.
Micrographia|Robert Hooke
The phaenomenon may be real, though my explication be chimerical.
A Treatise of Human Nature|David Hume

British Dictionary definitions for explication

explication

/ (ˌɛksplɪˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

the act or process of explicating

analysis or interpretation, esp of a literary passage or work or philosophical doctrine

a comprehensive exposition or description

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单词	explication
释义	explication [ ek-spli-key-shuhn ] / ˌɛk splɪˈkeɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR explication ON THESAURUS.COM noun the act of explicating. an explanation; interpretation: He gave a brilliant explication of James Joyce's book. Origin of explication 1520–30; <Middle French <Latin explicātiōn- (stem of explicātiō). See explicate, -ion OTHER WORDS FROM explication re·ex·pli·ca·tion, nounself-ex·pli·ca·tion, noun Words nearby explication expletive, explicable, explicandum, explicans, explicate, explication, explication de texte, explicative, explicit, explicit function, explode Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for explication “It was basically an explication of how reality TV slants reality,” says Robert King. Inside ‘Good Wife’ Writers’ Room\|Jace Lacob\|September 22, 2011\|DAILY BEAST Kepler's Supposition not so probable: the explication of the Phnomena by another Hypothesis. Micrographia\|Robert Hooke Hearne remarks that the explication of this word warranted by Sir E. Coke is "a wood grubbed up and turned to arable." Notes and Queries, Issue No. 61, December 28, 1850\|Various Paul's entire theology was nothing but the explication of his own conversion. The Life of St. Paul\|James Stalker Which Explication I could easily prove, had I time; but this is not a fit place for it. Micrographia\|Robert Hooke The phaenomenon may be real, though my explication be chimerical. A Treatise of Human Nature\|David Hume British Dictionary definitions for explication explication / (ˌɛksplɪˈkeɪʃən) / noun the act or process of explicating analysis or interpretation, esp of a literary passage or work or philosophical doctrine a comprehensive exposition or description Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to explication account, interpretation, clarification, brief, summary, decipherment, report, meaning, exposition, details, illumination, answer, elucidation, exegesis, description
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explication

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