What is "elucidate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does elucidate mean in English? Meaning of elucidate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "elucidate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "elucidate": make clear and (more) comprehensible

Verb

  • Meaning: make clear and (more) comprehensible
  • Example: clarify the mystery surrounding her death
  • Synonyms: clarify clear up elucidate
  • Hyponyms: clear clear up crystalise crystalize crystallise crystallize demystify dilate disambiguate elaborate elucidate enlarge enlighten expand expatiate exposit expound flesh out illuminate lucubrate shed light on sort out straighten out
  • Hypernyms: explain explicate
  • Antonyms: obfuscate
  • Pronunciation in UK: /əˈluː.sɪ.de͡ɪt/

    Meaning of "elucidate": make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

    Verb

  • Meaning: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
  • Example: Could you clarify these remarks? Clear up the question of who is at fault
  • Synonyms: clear clear up crystalise crystalize crystallise crystallize elucidate enlighten illuminate shed light on sort out straighten out
  • Hypernyms: clarify clear up elucidate
  • Pronunciation in UK: /əˈluː.sɪ.de͡ɪt/

    Synonyms:

    exemplify, expound, illuminate, get across, clear up, decode, explicate, enlighten, prove, clear, gloss, annotate, clarify, unfold, demonstrate, interpret, illustrate, spell out, draw a picture, make perfectly clear, make plain, make see daylight, shed light on, throw light on,

    Antonyms:

    obscure, complicate, conceal, hide, distract, mix up, mystify, cloud, confuse, be vague, make ambiguous,

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    elucidate in English: elucidate
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