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Meaning of throw light on | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious).

Examples

“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⟳.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

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