throw light on in English

Forms: throws light on [present, singular, third-person], throwing light on [participle, present], threw light on [past], thrown light on [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "throws light on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "throwing light on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "threw light on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thrown light on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "throw<,,threw,thrown> light on"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious)."
      ],
      "id": "en-throw_light_on-en-verb-fQZ8gaOa",
      "links": [
        [
          "elucidate",
          "elucidate"
        ],
        [
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          "explanation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "throw light upon"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "throw light on"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "throws light on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "throwing light on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "threw light on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thrown light on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "throw<,,threw,thrown> light on"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious)."
      ],
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          "elucidate"
        ],
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          "explanation",
          "explanation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "throw light upon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "throw light on"
}

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"throw light on" meaning in English

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