See explanatory on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "more explanatory",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most explanatory",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "explanatory (comparative more explanatory, superlative most explanatory)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
24,
35
]
],
"text": "Below the diagram is an explanatory text.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Intended to serve as an explanation."
],
"links": [
[
"Intended",
"intend"
],
[
"serve",
"serve"
],
[
"explanation",
"explanation"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Disposed to explain."
],
"links": [
[
"Disposed",
"dispose"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of a person) Disposed to explain."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-us-explanatory.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "epexegetic"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "bacʻatrakan",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "բացատրական"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "izahlı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "izahedici"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "tlumačálʹny",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "тлумача́льны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "objasnitelen",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "обяснителен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "explicatiu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "说明的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "解释的"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "forklarende"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "oplysende"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "selitys-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "selittävä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "explicatif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "erklärend"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "vyākhyātmak",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "व्याख्यात्मक"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "vyākhyāyukt",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "व्याख्यायुक्त"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "magyarázó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "értelmező"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "esplicativo"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "forklarende"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "ġereclīċ"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "reċċende"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "wyjaśniający"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "objaśniający"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "explicativ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "obʺjasnítelʹnyj",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "объясни́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pojasnítelʹnyj",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "поясни́тельный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "explicativo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "açıklayıcı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "pojásnjuvalʹnyj",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "поя́снювальний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "tlumáčnyj",
"sense": "serving as an explanation",
"word": "тлума́чний"
}
],
"word": "explanatory"
}
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