selventää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- articulate adj Able to express thoughts clearly and fluently in speech or writing.
- clarify verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
- clear adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
- elucidate verb To make something clearer by explaining it, especially something that was confusing or only half understood.
- expand verb To make something bigger in size, scope, or amount.
- spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
Senses
selventää is used for these senses in English:
- articulate (transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
- clarify (by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
- elucidate (figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
- expand (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
- spell (transitive, figuratively, with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail. [from 20th c.]
articulate — full definition
- adj Able to express thoughts clearly and fluently in speech or writing.
- verb To express an idea clearly, or to pronounce words distinctly.
clarify — full definition
- verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
- verb To make a liquid clear by removing impurities.