English > elucidate: 2 senses > verb 1, communicationMeaning | make clear and (more) comprehensible. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | clarify, clear up |
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Narrower | clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity |
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demystify | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from |
disambiguate | state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from |
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate | add details, as to an account or idea |
Broader | explain, explicate | make plain and comprehensible |
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Opposite | obfuscate | make obscure or unclear |
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Spanish | aclarar, clarificar, dilucidar, elucidar, esclarecer, explicar |
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Catalan | aclarir, clarificar, dilucidar, elucidar, esclarir |
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Adjectives | elucidative | that makes clear |
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Nouns | elucidation | an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding |
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elucidation | an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on |
lucidity | free from obscurity and easy to understand |