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noun

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• the most important or necessary part of something

46%9Underlying theory
noun

• (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

27%7 Offer a rationale
verb

• make plain and comprehensible

• define

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

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