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• description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
• interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
• solution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
• rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
• answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
• translation — the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
• delineation — the act or process of delineating.
• demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
• diagnosis — Diagnosis is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly.
• representation — the act of representing.
• denotation — the act or process of denoting; indication
• terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
• characterization — Characterization is the way an author or an actor describes or shows what a character is like.
• individuation — the act of individuating.
• formalization — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
• settling — the act of a person or thing that settles.
• delimitation — delimit.
• comment — If you comment on something, you give your opinion about it or you give an explanation for it.
• rendering — Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
• signification — meaning; import; sense.
• analogue — If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
• clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
• fixing — Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
• gloss — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
• cue — In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer's cue is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
• commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
• drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
• clue — A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it.
• determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
• key — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
• rendition — the act of rendering.
• annotation — Annotation is the activity of annotating something.
• outlining — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
• meaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
• classification — A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.
• designation — A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title.
• clarity — The clarity of something such as a book or argument is its quality of being well explained and easy to understand.
• sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
• distinctness — distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes followed by from): His private and public lives are distinct.
• focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
• clearness — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.