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explanatory

[ ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. serving to explain:

    an explanatory footnote.



explanatory

/ ɪkˈsplænətərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. serving or intended to serve as an explanation
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ±ð³æˈ±è±ô²¹²Ô²¹³Ù´Ç°ù¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æ·±è±ô²¹²Ôa·³Ù´Ç۾±Â·±ô²â ±ð³æ·±è±ô²¹²Ôa·³Ù¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôe³æ·±è±ô²¹²Ôa·³Ù¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôe³æ·±è±ô²¹²Ôa·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
  • ±è°ù±ðe³æ·±è±ô²¹²Ôa·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôe³æ·±è±ô²¹²Ôa·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of explanatory1

From the Late Latin word ±ð³æ±è±ôÄå²ÔÄå³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü²õ, dating back to 1610–20. See explain, -tory 1
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Nobody is as they seem, including Iris, and all “Companion†needs to do is keep you strapped in while the action occasionally breaks for the explanatory and the body count rises.

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Rather too much time is spent repeating staged close-ups of a left hand sketching in ink or applying paint, or else executing inscrutable mirror-writing on parchment — Leonardo’s secretive signature method — coupled with explanatory voice-over.

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The Associated Press  receives support from several private foundations to enhance its explanatory coverage of elections and democracy.

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The series received a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2019.

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In their account of the thick conception of Darwinism, the authors rely on Darwinism as an explanatory scheme, Darwinism as logic or methodology, and Darwinism as a worldview or ideology.

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