"explanation" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

explanation sustantivo

sustantivo + explanation
Kolokacji: 7
explanation of one's behavior • explanation of Commonwealth • explanation of Allied unit • explanation of one's methodology • ...
explanation + verbo
Kolokacji: 40
explanation comes • explanation makes • explanation includes • explanation lies • explanation seems • ...
verbo + explanation
Kolokacji: 43
require explanation • accept one's explanation • hear one's explanation • demand an explanation • offer an explanation • ...
adjetivo + explanation
Kolokacji: 198
possible explanation • simple explanation • only explanation • full explanation • detailed explanation • alternative explanation • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 50
(3) only, single, sole
Kolokacji: 3
(7) far, long, lengthy
Kolokacji: 3
(14) best, better
Kolokacji: 2
(16) obvious, apparent
Kolokacji: 2
(17) common, public, popular, usual
Kolokacji: 4
1. common explanation = wspólne wyjaśnienie common explanation
2. public explanation = publiczne wyjaśnienie public explanation
3. popular explanation = popularne wyjaśnienie popular explanation
4. usual explanation = zwykłe wyjaśnienie usual explanation
  • Resistance is the usual explanation for sleeping on the couch.
  • It was passed with the usual cheerful explanations that lower prices and better services would follow.
  • All these exclude the child from the usual comforting explanations about family activities and events.
  • It is the usual explanation - contemporary economics theory gives an inadequate account of the economic process.
  • And then you give them the usual explanation of what they are.
  • "You can't stop people from gambling," is the usual explanation, "so why shouldn't the profits go to the state instead of the gangsters?"
  • The third image at right shows the usual explanation of the effect.
  • This was the usual explanation of (human) dreams, but the staff doubted that it applied in Amy's case.
  • The usual explanation offered was the sudden need for more prisons.
  • The usual explanation is that they have something to tell us.
(22) theoretical, hypothetical
Kolokacji: 2
(24) immediate, quick, ingenious
Kolokacji: 3
(31) additional, reductive
Kolokacji: 2
(32) causal, genetic, theological
Kolokacji: 3
(37) basic, sinister, fundamental
Kolokacji: 3
(38) mechanical, mechanistic
Kolokacji: 2
(39) vague, deep, cryptic, mystical
Kolokacji: 4
(40) suitable, convenient, awkward
Kolokacji: 3
(41) mathematical, verbal
Kolokacji: 2
(42) sociological, anthropological
Kolokacji: 2
(45) ultimate, final, conclusive
Kolokacji: 3
(46) cultural, excellent
Kolokacji: 2
(47) main, primary
Kolokacji: 2
(49) lame, feeble
Kolokacji: 2
(50) mythological, allegorical
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + explanation
Kolokacji: 16
without explanation • of explanation • in explanation • on explanations • for an explanation • ...

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