elucidate
C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister
General verb
To make something clear by explaining it in greater detail.
A worked example elucidates the otherwise opaque derivation.
Business verb
To make something clear by explaining it in detail.
The partner elucidated the pricing model's assumptions before the client's finance committee signed off.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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