elucidate
verb /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪt/
/ɪˈluːsɪdeɪt/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they elucidate | /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪt/ /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪt/ |
| he / she / it elucidates | /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪts/ /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪts/ |
| past simple elucidated | /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪtɪd/ /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle elucidated | /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪtɪd/ /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form elucidating | /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈluːsɪdeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to make something clearer by explaining it more fully synonym explain
- elucidate (something) He elucidated a point of grammar.
- The aim of the report is to elucidate the main points of the new regulations.
- Let me elucidate.
- elucidate what, how, etc… I will try to elucidate what I think the problems are.
Extra Examples- Occasionally I had to elucidate a point of law.
- She would not elucidate further.
- The exact details of the process have not yet been elucidated.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryElucidate is used with these nouns as the object:- nature
- role
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from late Latin elucidat- ‘made clear’, from the verb elucidare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + lucidus ‘lucid’.