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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 31
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 50
(1) possible, likely, probable, potential, feasible, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(2) simple, easy, complicated, simplistic, complex, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(3) only, single, sole
Kolokacji: 3
(4) full, good, complete, partial, comprehensive, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(5) detailed, elaborate, thorough, careful
Kolokacji: 4
(6) alternative, alternate, rival
Kolokacji: 3
(7) far, long, lengthy
Kolokacji: 3
1. far explanation = daleko wyjaśnienie far explanation
Far explanation
2. long explanation = długie wyjaśnienie long explanation
  • I have guests in my office, and no leisure at present for long explanations.
  • I see I'm not going to get out of this one easily and brace myself for a long explanation.
  • In the course of a long explanation, whose beginning I had missed.
  • A long explanation will not make them grow any less.
  • It would be best if someone came with me so that I don't have to go into long explanations.
  • There was obviously a long explanation on the other end of the phone.
  • "At the moment, I don't want a long explanation how this all happened," he said in a tired voice.
  • It would take a long and complicated explanation to say why.
  • We had a long explanation and it all ended in his having me on my husband's bed!
  • Relieved, I started into a long explanation and asked if she would mind telling the person with me about various things in the store.
3. lengthy explanation = rozwlekłe wyjaśnienie lengthy explanation
(8) plausible, credible, glib, unlikely, cynical, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(9) logical, rational, reasonable, official, coherent, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(10) scientific, technical, political
Kolokacji: 3
(11) different, similar, contradictory
Kolokacji: 3
(12) clear, innocent, explicit, definite
Kolokacji: 4
(13) brief, concise, succinct, long-winded
Kolokacji: 4
(14) best, better
Kolokacji: 2
(15) satisfactory, acceptable, satisfying, unsatisfactory
Kolokacji: 4
(16) obvious, apparent
Kolokacji: 2
(17) common, public, popular, usual
Kolokacji: 4
(18) natural, evolutionary, biological, structural, Darwinian, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(19) adequate, sufficient, short, inadequate, insufficient
Kolokacji: 5
(20) real, historical, true, naturalistic, honest, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(21) psychological, physical, physiological
Kolokacji: 3
(22) theoretical, hypothetical
Kolokacji: 2
(23) convincing, compelling, cogent, persuasive
Kolokacji: 4
(24) immediate, quick, ingenious
Kolokacji: 3
(25) new, initial, early, etymological, original
Kolokacji: 5
(26) ready, facile, eloquent, narrative
Kolokacji: 4
(27) supernatural, fanciful, metaphysical, bizarre
Kolokacji: 4
(28) medical, Freudian, neurological
Kolokacji: 3
(29) conventional, traditional, standard, definitive, authoritative
Kolokacji: 5
(30) correct, proper, specific, precise, accurate
Kolokacji: 5
(31) additional, reductive
Kolokacji: 2
(32) causal, genetic, theological
Kolokacji: 3
(33) straightforward, candid, direct, rambling
Kolokacji: 4
(34) mundane, economic, materialistic
Kolokacji: 3
(35) little, in-depth, favored, humorous
Kolokacji: 4
(36) prosaic, interesting, intriguing
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
(43) above, previous, textual, on-screen
Kolokacji: 4
(44) benign, charitable, parsimonious
Kolokacji: 3
(45) ultimate, final, conclusive
Kolokacji: 3
(46) cultural, excellent
Kolokacji: 2
(47) main, primary
Kolokacji: 2
(48) philosophical, impassioned, tentative, deterministic
Kolokacji: 4
(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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