enlightenverb [ I or T ]
uk/ɪnˈlaɪ.tən/us/ɪnˈlaɪ.t̬ən/to provide someone with information and understanding, or to explain the true facts about something to someone:
Should the function of children's television be to entertain or to enlighten?
I don't understand this. Could you enlighten me?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
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