Can I ask for an elucidation?
Source: tatoeba (2851456)
Elucidation
//ɪˌlu.sɪˈdeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "elucidation" (33 found)
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18 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разяснение noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Catalan
1 entries- dilucidació noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ڕوون کردنەوە noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Dutch
2 entries- verduidelijking noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
- verklaring noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
French
1 entries- élucidation noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
German
1 entries- Erläuterung noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Italian
1 entries- delucidazione noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Māori
4 entries- whakamahukitanga noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
- whakamāoritanga noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
- whakamāramatanga noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
- whakapūahotanga noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Norwegian
1 entries- klargjøring noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Portuguese
1 entries- elucidação noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- soilleireachadh noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Spanish
2 entries- dilucidación noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
- elucidación noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Tatar
1 entries- яктырту noun (A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.
Source: tatoeba (3297852)
The essay might, undoubtedly, have been rendered much more complete by a collection of a greater number of facts in elucidation of the general argument.
Source: wiktionary
At a time like the present when Eastern æsthetics are attracting the attention of scholars in all quarters, and particularly when the great field of Buddhist art is coming more into focus, a view of a little-known aspect of this subject may perhaps be the humble means of assisting in the elucidation of some of the complex problems with which this study is surrounded.
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