elucidation
/i,lu:si'deiʃn/
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Definition
- Noun:
- An act of making something clear or easy to understand: The process of explaining or clarifying a complex subject, statement, or situation.
- An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding: A specific explanation that resolves confusion or sheds light on a previously unclear point.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The teacher's elucidation of the poem's symbolism was very helpful.
- The report lacked clarity and required further elucidation from the author.
- His elucidation of the complex legal terms made the contract understandable for everyone.
Advanced Usage
- "In need of elucidation": Requiring clarification or explanation.
- The ambiguous paragraph in the manual is in need of elucidation.
- "For the elucidation of": For the purpose of clarifying or explaining something.
- The diagram was provided for the elucidation of the technical process.
Variants and Related Words
- Elucidate (verb): To make something clear; to explain.
- The scientist will elucidate her findings during the lecture.
- Elucidatory (adjective): Serving to explain; explanatory.
- The footnotes serve an elucidatory function.
Synonyms
- Clarification: The action of making a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible.
- Explanation: A statement or account that makes something clear.
- Explication: The process of analyzing and developing an idea or principle in detail.
Related Phrases
- To provide elucidation: To give a clear explanation.
- The expert was called in to provide elucidation on the new regulations.
- A point of elucidation: A specific matter that needs to be clarified.
- I have one point of elucidation regarding your earlier comment.
Noun
- an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
- the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook
- an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on