"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. real explanation = prawdziwe wyjaśnienie real explanation
2. historical explanation = historyczne wyjaśnienie historical explanation
3. true explanation = prawdziwe wyjaśnienie true explanation
4. naturalistic explanation = naturalistyczne wyjaśnienie naturalistic explanation
5. honest explanation = szczere wyjaśnienie honest explanation
6. false explanation = nieprawdziwe wyjaśnienie false explanation
  • He concocted false provenances and false explanations for how he came to have them.
  • A false explanation for lift has been put forward in mainstream books, and even in scientific exhibitions.
  • Hamilton gave a brief, false, but plausible, explanation.
  • You will not have to try to hide your condition or make up false explanations of it.
  • "Those are certainly two possibilities," I said, and hesitated, but it didn't seem like the time or the place for long-winded explanations, true or false.
  • Captain Dakker and his men would be busy with false explanations to police and pier officials.
  • It always struck me as the perfect example of a false explanation.
  • On Friday the Court ruled that an employer could give false explanations for firing a black employee - yet still prevail in a lawsuit.
  • Thank God, no subterfuge, no need for false explanations.
  • "She didn't try to lie and to give false explanations."
7. literal explanation = dosłowne wyjaśnienie literal explanation
(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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