elucidate

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verb

1. make clear and (more) comprehensible (Freq. 1)
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
• Syn:
clarify, clear up
• Ant:
obfuscate (for: clarify)
• Derivationally related forms:
elucidative, lucidity, elucidation, clarification (for: clarify)
• Hypernyms:
explain, explicate
• Hyponyms:
demystify, clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize,
crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten,
illuminate, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge,
flesh out, expand, expound, dilate, disambiguate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make free from confusion or ambiguity;
make clear
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
• Syn:
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise,
crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate
• Derivationally related forms:
elucidative, lucidity, elucidation, illumination (for: illuminate)
• Hypernyms:
clarify, clear up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  clarify, clear up