Allow me to elucidate.
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Elucidate
//ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt//
Synonyms for "elucidate" (111 found)
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Adjective(5 words)
Related words (55)
Verb(5 words)
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55 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разяснявам verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Catalan
1 entries- dilucidar verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 解釋 /解释 verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- 說明 /说明 verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- 闡明 /阐明 verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- 闡釋 /阐释 verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 解釋 /解释 verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- 說明 /说明 verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- 闡明 /阐明 verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Czech
1 entries- ozřejmit verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Danish
1 entries- uddybe verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Dutch
4 entries- clarificeren verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- uitleggen verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- verduidelijken verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- verhelderen verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Finnish
3 entries- havainnollistaa verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- selventää verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- valaista verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
French
2 entries- expliquer verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- élucider verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
German
3 entries- erklären verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- erläutern verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- verdeutlichen verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Hebrew
2 entries- ביאר \ בֵּאֵר verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- פירש \ פֵּרֵשׁ verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Hungarian
4 entries- kifejt verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- megmagyaráz verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- megvilágít verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- tisztáz verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Italian
2 entries- chiarire verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- delucidare verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Māori
4 entries- whakamahuki verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- whakamāori verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- whakamārama verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- whakapūaho verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Norwegian
1 entries- klargjøre verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Persian
1 entries- روشن کردن verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Polish
3 entries- objaśniać verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- wyjaśniać verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- wyświetlać verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Portuguese
2 entries- elucidar verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- esclarecer verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Quechua
1 entries- chiqaqchay verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Russian
1 entries- разъясня́ть verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Spanish
2 entries- dilucidar verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- elucidar verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Swedish
4 entries- belysa verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- förklara verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- kasta ljus över verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- klargöra verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Turkish
2 entries- aydınlatmak verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
- açığa çıkarmak verb (to make (something) clear and understandable — see also clarify, illuminate)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Let me hear vvhat your ovvn conceptions are of the matter, if they tend to elucidate or reconcile.
Source: wiktionary
Dining at Mr. [Samuel] Pepys's, Dr. Slayer shewed us an experiment of a wonderful nature, […] This matter or phosphorus was made out of human blood and urine, elucidating the vital flame or heate in animal bodys.
Source: wiktionary
The antiquities of France have been elucidated by a learned and ingenious people: […]
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.