elucidateverb [ I or T ]
uk/iˈluː.sɪ.deɪt/us/iˈluː.sə.deɪt/formalto explain something or make something clear:
I don't understand. You'll have to elucidate.
The reasons for the change in weather conditions have been elucidated by several scientists.
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Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
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elucidation
noun [ U ] uk/iˌluː.sɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/us/iˌluː.səˈdeɪ.ʃən/
These figures need elucidation.