throw light on en · VERB
Meanings
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To make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious).
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.
1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| throws light on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| threw light on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| thrown light on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| throw light upon | alternative | lexicographic | |
| throwing light on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |