elucidate
Usage
What are other ways to say elucidate?
To elucidate is to throw light on what before was dark and obscure, usually by illustration and commentary and sometimes by elaborate explanation: They asked him to elucidate his statement. To explain is to make plain, clear, or intelligible something that is not known or understood: to explain a theory or a problem. To expound is to give a methodical, detailed, scholarly explanation of something, usually Scriptures, doctrines, or philosophy: to expound the doctrine of free will. To interpret is to give the meaning of something by paraphrase, by translation, or by an explanation based on personal opinion: to interpret a poem or a symbol.
Example Sentences
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As a singer he has both impressive vocal range and stylistic versatility, but it’s his ability to inhabit the emotion of a song, to elucidate the psychology lyrically and musically, that distinguishes his gift.
From Los Angeles Times
This one study can’t elucidate the purpose of sleep, but Siegel argues that the collective picture emerging from the animal kingdom pushes back against the notion that there is something special about human sleep.
From Washington Post
There is space for everyone and their stories to be elucidated and celebrated in his work because it’s our humanity and our sameness that’s reflected in the text.
From Los Angeles Times
“We’re just trying to elucidate the national security risk posed by TikTok and then coalesce around a narrow, targeted approach in the House that would effectuate a ban or a forced sale.”
From Washington Times
The findings help elucidate the foundations of Swahili civilization, and suggest that long-told origin stories, passed down through generations of Swahili families, may be more truthful than many outsiders have presumed.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
