Word of the Day:
explanatory
What It Means
Intended to serve as an explanation.
Disposed to explain.
Below the diagram is an explanatory text.
Did You Know?
From Late Latin explānātōrius, from Latin explānāt-, past-participle stem of explānāre (“to explain”). Displaced Old English ġereclīċ.
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