shed light on

Questions about shed light on

What does shed light on mean?

shed light on means "make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear".

What is another word for shed light on?

Close synonyms include clear, clear up, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shed light on a common word?

shed light on is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.