ELUCIDATES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

elucidates

verb

present tense third-person singular of elucidate

as in explains

to make plain or understandable colored charts that really help to elucidate the points made in the text

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Recent Examples of elucidates Basically, whenever John and Yoko talk about something vaguely abstract, Soderbergh elucidates his words with the help of Meta’s video-generative tools. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 15 May 2026 The rapidity and the terseness of the onscreen action leaps from scene to scene, from event to event, from one salient point to the next, with nothing incidental in between, nothing revealing anything besides what directly elucidates the story as Polanski chooses to tell it. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025

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Here, The Athletic explains who York is, his background and his relationship to Leeds.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The album, Cole explains, became as much about the support surrounding heartbreak as heartbreak itself.

— Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of explains

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That sentiment illustrates a central tension raised by many of the actors who shared their stories with CNN.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Customer experience illustrates the distinction; an evolutionary approach focuses on reducing handling time, lowering cost to serve, and improving agent productivity.

— Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of illustrates

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The first clarifies that its PLX product does not provide law enforcement agencies with geolocation data, and the second says that the company has reached out to the complaint's authors to ask that the complaint against Penlink be withdrawn.

— Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
The report carefully clarifies that some of the points for analysis refer specifically to the app (for example, Claude or Gemini) while others relate to the provider (for example, Anthropic or Google).

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of clarifies

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Reports have revealed that moving such a large and capable naval formation into a region experiencing serious tensions demonstrates that Washington is prepared to maintain substantial military capabilities there.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
An audit demonstrates that controls were tested during a prior period.

— Bora Unlu, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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