English words for '(less common) explanatory; explaining'
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- clarify by giving an example of
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
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- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
noun
- secondary or explanatory title
- translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- (cinematography, television) Textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- (authorship) A heading below or after a title.
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- The office of a bishop or archbishop.
- Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin script letter C/c.
- A diocese or archdiocese: a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
- A seat; a site; a place where sovereign, autonomous, or autocephalous power is exercised.
- the seat within a bishop's diocese where the bishop's cathedral is located
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- (gambling, transitive) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
- To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
- To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
- (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
- (by extension) Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it.
- To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
- (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
- (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
- To witness or observe by personal experience.
- (transitive) To wait upon; attend, escort.
- (figuratively) To understand.
- To date frequently.
- To form a mental picture of.
- To include as one of something's experiences.
- To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.
- (transitive) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
- To visit for a medical appointment.
- (ergative) To be the setting or time of.
- match or meet
- perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
- observe as if with an eye
- deliberate or decide
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- conduct someone someplace
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- take charge of or deal with
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- come together
- see and understand, have a good eye
- go to see for professional or business reasons
- deem to be
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- go to see for a social visit
- undergo or live through a difficult experience
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
- see or watch
- receive as a specified guest
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- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- Censure.
- (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
- Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- Responsibility for something meriting censure.
verb
- put or pin the blame on
- attribute responsibility to
- harass with constant criticism
- (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
- To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
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- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- enjoying the bliss of heaven
- Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
- highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
- characterized by happiness and good fortune
- Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
- Worthy of worship; holy.
- Held in veneration; revered.
- (Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
- Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
- (informal, euphemistic) damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
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- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- characteristic of or resembling Hell
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- being of the underworld
- (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- (as an expletive) Very annoying; damned.
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- (abstract) In this context.
- (abstract) In this matter.
- (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
- (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
- (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
- to this place (especially toward the speaker)
- in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
- in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
- at this time; now
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- Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
- (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- (Ireland, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
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- something crucial for explaining
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
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- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
verb
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
noun
- A justification or rationalization for something.
- (rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.
- An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
noun
- An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
- The process of making such an explanation.
- an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is
- an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation
noun
- secondary or explanatory title
- translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- (cinematography, television) Textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- (authorship) A heading below or after a title.
verb
noun
- something crucial for explaining
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
adj
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- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
noun
- A justification or rationalization for something.
- (rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.
- An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
noun
- An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
- The process of making such an explanation.
- an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is
- an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation
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- clarify by giving an example of
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
noun
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
verb
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
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- (abstract) In this context.
- (abstract) In this matter.
- (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
- (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
- (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
- to this place (especially toward the speaker)
- in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
- in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
- at this time; now
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- Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
- (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- (Ireland, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
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- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- Censure.
- (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
- Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- Responsibility for something meriting censure.
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- put or pin the blame on
- attribute responsibility to
- harass with constant criticism
- (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
- To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
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- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- enjoying the bliss of heaven
- Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
- highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
- characterized by happiness and good fortune
- Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
- Worthy of worship; holy.
- Held in veneration; revered.
- (Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
- Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
- (informal, euphemistic) damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
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- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- characteristic of or resembling Hell
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- being of the underworld
- (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- (as an expletive) Very annoying; damned.