elucidating

VERB

explain in detail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clear up decode enlighten exemplify explicate expound get across illuminate

STRONG

annotate clarify clear demonstrate gloss illustrate interpret prove unfold

WEAK

draw a picture make perfectly clear make plain make see daylight shed light on spell out throw light on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cloud complicate confuse obscure

STRONG

conceal hide

WEAK

be vague distract make ambiguous mix up mystify

Example Sentences

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Elucidating the harsh truths of day-to-day life without capitalizing on them is no simple feat.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025

"Elucidating the degradation mechanism in seawater at the molecular level may lead to the development of new marine biodegradable polymers," says Yasuhito Yamamoto, Sawabe's collaborator at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

Elucidating the functions of these yeasts might bring scientists closer to synthesizing lichens in the lab, a feat that would allow researchers to study lichens without having to collect them from the field.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2016

Elucidating events as they are on the ground?

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2011

A Compendious Narrative, Elucidating the Character, Disposition, and Conduct of Mary Dyer, from the Time of her Marriage, in 1799, till she left the Society called Shakers in 1815, etc.

From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Nordhoff, Charles