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elucidate

[ih-loo-si-dayt] / ɪˈlu sɪˌdeɪt /


Usage

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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.

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But before the officer could elucidate a satisfying response, agents drove up and surrounded Zemian and Amundson’s vehicle.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Members of Congress will want Warsh to elucidate his plans for bringing inflation down to the Fed’s 2% target.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

But where its cinematic peers get snared by trying to elucidate the truth of the pop star, Lowery’s film skates past the conventions and trappings, landing on something high-concept but deceptively straightforward.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

"There are many questions that we will only elucidate when we are able to go back," Grossi told reporters.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

He became the world’s foremost authority on thermodynamics and the first to elucidate the principles of the convection of fluids and the circulation of ocean currents.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

In a collection of his reviews, “Big Screen, Little Screen,” I was struck by the way he elucidates the alchemy of Page’s acting.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

The novel also elucidates the strange limbo of the American immigration quota process, which “resembled a bakery system gone awry.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

This work, published in the journal Cell, elucidates the complexities of centriole assembly.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024

She elucidates the myths and stories we tell about our lupine fears in ferocious and beautiful writing.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

This property of the pulley has been dwelt upon, because it elucidates the motion of a wheel rolling upon the ground; and it explains a common paradox, which appears at first inexplicable.

From Practical Education, Volume II by Maria Edgeworth

“The Devil Wears Prada” was a heaping dose of wish-fulfillment, but it was also the very movie that carefully and artfully elucidated the values of magazines and fashion, emphasizing the art form of both.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

Still, the impressive power of the book club might have been better elucidated if details about its impact in other Eastern Bloc countries were brought into the story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025

The findings were elucidated in yeast, a model organism famous for making bread and beer and yet surprisingly similar to humans on the cellular level.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

But the specific pathways by which the virus does so are still being elucidated, and curative treatments are nonexistent.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024

But he did haul our water and cut wood, and he elucidated for us the many daily mysteries of Kilanga.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

"Understanding how and why biphonation has evolved is an important step towards elucidating the origins of the amazing vocal diversity of mammalian vocal behavior," says author David Reby of the University of Lyon/Saint-Etienne.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026

The most elucidating superimposes a Pietà by Anne-Louis Girodet, David’s little-known pupil, over David’s “Marat.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

Their ineptitude complicates the journey, elucidating misconnections and cross-cultural exchanges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

As a writer and director, Baker has dedicated much of his career to elucidating the subtleties of figures like Ani who are often relegated to the background.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024

Instead she heard her mother, Euphrosyne Stephanides, speaking in this very cocoonery years ago, elucidating the mysteries of silkworms—“To have good silk, you have to be pure,” she used to tell her daughter.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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