ELUCIDATE

Pronunciation (US):

• ELUCIDATE (verb)
  The verb ELUCIDATE has 2 senses:

1. make clear and (more) comprehensible
2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

  Familiarity information: ELUCIDATE used as a verb is rare.

• ELUCIDATE (verb)

Meaning:

Make clear and (more) comprehensible

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

clarify; clear up; elucidate

Context example:

clarify the mystery surrounding her death

Hypernyms (to "elucidate" is one way to...):

explain; explicate (make plain and comprehensible)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "elucidate"):

demystify (make less mysterious or remove the mystery from)

clear; clear up; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize; elucidate; enlighten; illuminate; shed light on; sort out; straighten out (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear)

dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)

disambiguate (state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

shed light on; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; sort out; illuminate; elucidate; crystallize; enlighten; straighten out; clear up; clear

Context examples:

Could you clarify these remarks? / Clear up the question of who is at fault

Hypernyms (to "elucidate" is one way to...):

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something