word | elucidate |
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definition | To clarify by explaining; explain. |
eg_sentence | A good doctor should always be willing to elucidate any medical jargon he or she uses. |
explanation | The basic meaning of elucidate is “to shed light on.” So when you elucidate, you make transparent or clear something that had been murky or confusing. Elucidation of a complex new health-care policy may be a challenge. Elucidation of the terms of use for a credit card may be the last thing its provider wants to do. The physicist Carl Sagan had a gift for elucidating astronomical science to a large audience, his lucid explanations making clear how stars are born and die and how the universe may have begun. |
IPA | ɪˈlusəˌdeɪt |
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