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Definition of elucidate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

elucidate

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪˈlusəˌdeɪt//
 
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they elucidate
 
he / she / it elucidates
 
past simple elucidated
 
-ing form elucidating
 
 
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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.
elucidation
 
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NAmE//ɪˌlusəˈdeɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable, countable] Their objectives and methods require further elucidation.See elucidate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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