Akademik

shed light on
verb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear (Freq. 2)
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Could you clarify these remarks?

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Clear up the question of who is at fault

• Syn:
↑clear, ↑clear up, ↑crystallize, ↑crystallise, ↑crystalize, ↑crystalise, ↑straighten out, ↑sort out, ↑enlighten, ↑illuminate, ↑elucidate
• Derivationally related forms: ↑elucidative (for: ↑elucidate), ↑lucidity (for: ↑elucidate), ↑elucidation (for: ↑elucidate), ↑illumination (for: ↑illuminate)
• Hypernyms: ↑clarify, ↑clear up, ↑elucidate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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I shed (or throw or cast) light on
help to explain (something) by providing further information about it
II
see light I

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shed light on — see ↑light, 1
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Main Entry: ↑shed

Useful english dictionary. 2012.