noun
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a doing, performing, carrying on in a good or right manner.
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the act of explaining; explanation.
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the interpretation, meaning or sense given in explaining; explanation.
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something that happens; happening; occurrence; an incident.
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a fact or event accompanying another, either incidentally or as an essential condition or determining factor; a circumstance.
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any of the main divisions of a book or other writing; a chapter.
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an incident or instance of cheating; a scam.
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a chance; an opportunity.
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something preliminary or introductory; prelude; preface.
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(poet.) a kind of drama with fictitious plot.
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(phil.) an explanation given for a tenet or doctrine.
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a context that explains rightly one of the several senses a word has.