Elucidating - English meaning

verb

Add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment.

Usage examples:

For japanese speakers who use english as a second language, it is helpful to annotate this text in …

verb

To add notes or remarks on a piece of writing

verb

Make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible.

Usage examples:

The report managed to clarify the government's position

Make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

verb

To make something clearer or easier to understand

Usage examples:

I hope this analysis will clarify the debate., talking it through with you has helped me to clarify…

phrasal verb

Become clear

phrasal verb

(of an illness or bad weather) to go away, changing into a better condition

Usage examples:

If my cold doesn’t clear up, it will ruin my vacation., let’s hope the weather clears up., i want t…

verb

Make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts.

Usage examples:

They explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals

verb

Make plain and comprehensible

verb

To make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it

Usage examples:

[ i ] if there’s anything you don’t understand, i’ll be happy to explain., [ t ] the teacher explai…

verb

Analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.

Usage examples:

An attempt to explicate the relationship between crime and economic forces

verb

To explain something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea

Usage examples:

This is a book which clearly explicates marx's later writings.

noun

Shine or lustre on a smooth surface.

Usage examples:

Hair with a healthy gloss

verb

Apply a glossy substance to.

Usage examples:

The singer glossed her lips a deep red

verb

Provide an explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase for (a text, word, etc.).

Usage examples:

The japanese word often glossed as ‘sincerity’ really means something different

verb

Make (something) visible or bright by shining light on it; light up.

Usage examples:

A flash of lightning illuminated the house

verb

To put light in or on something

Usage examples:

The buildings were illuminated at night., this article illuminates the basic principles of economics.

verb

Explain the meaning of (information or actions).

Usage examples:

The evidence is difficult to interpret

verb

Make sense of; assign a meaning to

verb

To describe the meaning of something; examine in order to explain

Usage examples:

It’s difficult to interpret these statistics without knowing how they were obtained., [ i ] i had t…

verb

Settle or find a solution to (a problem or contentious matter).

Usage examples:

The firm aims to resolve problems within 30 days

noun

Firm determination to do something.

Usage examples:

She received information that strengthened her resolve

verb

Find a solution or answer

phrasal verb

Speak the letters that form a word in sequence.

Usage examples:

He spelled out his name for the clerk

phrasal verb

To say or show letters

Usage examples:

They spelled out the letters y, m, c, and a with their arms and bodies., the mayor has so far refus…

verb

Undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads).

Usage examples:

There are some threads that once pulled unraveled the whole sweater.