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throw light on

throw light on verb: to make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious).

Verb

throw light on (third-person singular simple present throws light on, present participle throwing light on, simple past threw light on, past participle thrown light on)

  1. 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

throw light on meaning in Malayalam

throw light on in Malayalam

elucidate, explain, clarify
വെളിച്ചംവീശുക, വെളിച്ചം വിതറുക, വെളിച്ചം നൽകുക, വിശദമാക്കുക, വിശദീകരിക്കുക, സ്പഷ്ടമാക്കുക

Forms of throw light on

third-person singular presentthrows light on
present participlethrowing light on
pastthrew light on
past participlethrown light on
alternative formthrow light upon

Questions about throw light on

What does throw light on mean?
Throw light on means to make clear; to elucidate; to provide an explanation for (something puzzling or mysterious).
What is throw light on in Malayalam?
Throw light on in Malayalam is വെളിച്ചംവീശുക, വെളിച്ചം വിതറുക, വെളിച്ചം നൽകുക. See Throw light on meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is throw light on?
Throw light on is a verb.
What is the past tense of throw light on?
The past tense of throw light on is threw light on.

Words near throw light on in the dictionary

  1. throw ins
  2. throw into a cocked hat
  3. throw it back
  4. throw lathe
  5. throw lathes
  6. throw light on
  7. throw like a girl
  8. throw line
  9. throw money around
  10. throw money away
  11. throw nickels around like manhole covers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: throw light on (page history and authors); throw light on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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