elucidation
1
6.5
- noun
- /ɪˌluːsɪˈdeɪʃən/
- Formal
:
elucidación
- Her elucidation of the instructions helped everyone understand how to complete the project successfully.
- further elucidation
- needs elucidation
- elucidation of mechanisms
Examples
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The three-pronged WIMP search is deemed to be essential for discovery and elucidation.
Academic text (2012) -
Now I turn to Plato for further elucidation of these three points.
Academic text (2017) -
The elucidation of such general features and principles will be the main focus of what follows.
Academic text (2004) -
The elucidation of the mechanisms involved will probably need to involve animal studies.
Academic text (1994) -
Once again, coastal regions and islands are ripe areas for elucidation.
Academic text (2009) -
His talk was a masterpiece of elucidation, delivered in proper ambassadorial style.
Fiction book (1994) -
Our pre-theoretical cultural intuitions could serve as a convenient starting point for such an elucidation.
Academic text (1990) -
Elucidation of the subject was always handicapped by an inability to solve a series of conundrums.
Academic text (2000) -
An-Nahda's intellectuals urged breaking with dogmatic interpretation of the Qur'an and advocated openness in its elucidation.
Academic text (2005) -
The teacher provided an elucidation of the complex theory, making it easier for students to grasp.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A statement that makes something clear or helps someone understand
653
1.3
A short, clear explanation of what a word or phrase means
62
3.3
An explanation that makes something easier to understand
37
3.7
A clear explanation of what happened and why
16
5.5
A clear explanation of an idea or subject that makes it easy to understand
8
4.9
Adding more detail or explanation to something
7
7.4
An explanation of something that is hard to understand
3
5.3
A clear explanation that makes something easier to understand
2
8.1
A clear, detailed explanation that helps you understand a text or idea
1
6.8
A clear description that shows how something looks or feels
1
5.6
Making a difficult idea easier to understand by explaining it clearly
1
7.5
To make something clear by removing confusion about its meaning
Antonyms
How Clear
3
5.3
- Literature
2
8.1
- Formal
1
6.5
62
3.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Elucidation comes from Latin parts e- ('out') and lucidus ('clear'), the same root as the English word lucid, so it meant 'bringing out into the light'. So, an elucidation is an explanation that 'shines light' on an idea and makes it easy to understand.