"throw light on" meaning in All languages combined

See throw light on on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: throws light on [present, singular, third-person], throwing light on [participle, present], threw light on [past], thrown light on [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> light on}} throw light on (third-person singular simple present throws light on, present participle throwing light on, simple past threw light on, past participle thrown light on)
  1. To make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious). Synonyms: throw light upon
    Sense id: en-throw_light_on-en-verb-fQZ8gaOa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough:",
          "text": "As the explanation, if correct, promised to throw light on some obscure features of primitive religion, I resolved to develop it fully, and, detaching it from my general work, to issue it as a separate study.",
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        "To make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious)."
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        {
          "word": "throw light upon"
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        "To make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious)."
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