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elucidating definition
elucidating |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb elucidate 1 of 2 senses of elucidate Sense 1 clarify, clear up elucidate => elaborate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out expand, expound, dilate => disambiguate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb elucidate 1 of 2 senses of elucidate Sense 1 clarify, clear up elucidate => elaborate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out expand, expound, dilate => detail => set forth, expound, exposit => describe, depict, draw => represent => delineate => sketch, outline, adumbrate => block out => premise => exemplify, illustrate, instance => specify, particularize, specialize => spell out => disambiguate Entailment of verb elucidate Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb elucidate 2 senses of elucidate Sense 1 clarify, clear up elucidate => explain, explicate Sense 2 clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate => interpret, construe, see Familiarity of verb elucidate elucidate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb elucidate Sense 1 clarify, clear up elucidate => explain, explicate -------------- Sense 2 clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate => interpret, construe, see -------------- Overview of verb elucidate The verb elucidate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) clarify, clear up elucidate -- (shed light on) 2. clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault") Overview of verb elucidate The verb elucidate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) clarify, clear up elucidate -- (shed light on) 2. clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault")
elucidating definition