English

Alternative forms

• shed light upon
• shed light

Verb

shed light on ‎(third-person singular simple present sheds light on, present participle shedding light on, simple past and past participle shed light on)

1. To illuminate; to make clear.

   The new instruments will shed some light on the history of these rocks.‎

   There was another noticeable circumstance that shed light on human nature and Grim's knowledge of it.‎

   • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:

     Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.

Synonyms

• clear
• clear up
• crystallize
• elucidate
• enlighten
• illuminate
• sort out
• straighten out

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