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The synonyms of “Elucidate” are: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out, clarify, explain, make clear, make plain, throw light on
Elucidate as a Verb
Definitions of "Elucidate" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “elucidate” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Make clear and (more) comprehensible.
- Make (something) clear; explain.
- Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
Synonyms of "Elucidate" as a verb (16 Words)
| clarify | Make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible. Clarify beer. |
| clear | Grant authorization or clearance for. The fever clears in two to four weeks. |
| clear up | Yield as a net profit. |
| crystalise | Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. |
| crystalize | Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. |
| crystallise | Cause to take on a definite and clear shape. |
| crystallize | Assume crystalline form become crystallized. He tried to crystallize his thoughts. |
| enlighten | Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. The sun enlightened some such clouds near him. |
| explain | Minimize the significance of an embarrassing fact or action by giving an excuse or justification. They know stories about me that I can t explain away. |
| illuminate | Make lighter or brighter. Placing the events of the 1930s in a broader historical context helps to illuminate their significance. |
| make clear | Prepare for eating by applying heat. |
| make plain | Make, formulate, or derive in the mind. |
| shed light on | Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities. |
| sort out | Arrange or order by classes or categories. |
| straighten out | Get up from a sitting or slouching position. |
| throw light on | Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture. |
Usage Examples of "Elucidate" as a verb
- Work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter.
- In what follows I shall try to elucidate what I believe the problems to be.
Associations of "Elucidate" (30 Words)
| announcement | The action of making an announcement. The government made an announcement about changes in the drug war. |
| clarification | The action of making a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible. Please advise us if you require further clarification. |
| clarify | Make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating. Clarify the butter. |
| declared | Declared as fact explicitly stated. Declared goods are free from VAT. |
| define | Show the form or outline of. The contract will seek to define the client s obligations. |
| definition | The degree of distinctness in outline of an object, image, or sound. Our definition of what constitutes poetry. |
| depict | Show in, or as in, a picture. Paintings depicting Old Testament scenes. |
| depiction | A graphic or vivid verbal description. Michelangelo s depictions of the male nude. |
| descriptive | Describing the structure of a language. Descriptive grammar. |
| edify | Instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually. Rachel had edified their childhood with frequent readings from Belloc. |
| enlighten | Make understand. Can you enlighten me I don t understand this proposal. |
| excuse | Accept an excuse for. A poor excuse for an automobile. |
| expatiate | Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. She expatiated on working class novelists. |
| explain | Define. They know stories about me that I can t explain away. |
| explanation | A statement or account that makes something clear. The explanation was very simple. |
| explicate | Make plain and comprehensible. An attempt to explicate the relationship between crime and economic forces. |
| explicit | Of a person stating something in an explicit manner. Explicit instructions. |
| exposition | A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. The country squires dreaded the exposition of their rustic conversation. |
| expository | Serving to expound or set forth. An expository prologue. |
| expound | Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. He declined to expound on his decision. |
| fact | A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred. First you must collect all the facts of the case. |
| instruction | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program. He was acting on my instructions. |
| instructions | A manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it. |
| interpret | Give an interpretation or rendition of. He would no longer interpret her silence as indifference. |
| interpretation | An explanation or way of explaining. The edict was subject to many interpretations. |
| narrative | A representation of a particular situation or process in such a way as to reflect or conform to an overarching set of aims or values. A narrative poem. |
| rationale | An explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature. The rationale for capital punishment. |
| signification | An exact meaning or sense. Film comes closer than other forms of signification to resemblance of reality. |
| spiritually | In a spiritual manner. They are connected spiritually through a sense of purpose. |
| statement | The act of affirming or asserting or stating something. Minton s love of clear statement. |