explaining

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noun

explanation

“You've got some explaining to do!”

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of explain
nounexplaining (countable and uncountable, plural explainings)

plural explainings

  1. countableuncountableexplanation

    You've got some explaining to do!

    1 more example

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

explaining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explaining

MLA

“explaining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explaining. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “explaining,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explaining.

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