explaining

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of explain

noun

  1. explanation
    You've got some explaining to do!
    Among these various explainings there is one set which it is comparatively easy to distinguish. I call it semantic explanation: making clear a meaning. 1973, Abraham Kaplan, The conduct of inquiry, page 327

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