Verb

• S: (v) iron out, straighten out, put right (settle or put right) "we need to iron out our disagreements"
• S: (v) disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out (extricate from entanglement) "Can you disentangle the cord?"
• S: (v) reform, straighten out, see the light (change for the better) "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
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• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate (get better) "The weather improved toward evening"
• S: (v) change state, turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action) "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
• S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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• S: (v) straighten, straighten out (make straight)
• S: (v) clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear) "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) illumination [Related to: illuminate] (an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding) "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
• W: (adj) elucidative [Related to: elucidate] (that makes clear) "a clarifying example"
• W: (n) lucidity [Related to: elucidate] (a lucid state of mind; not confused)
• W: (n) lucidity [Related to: elucidate] (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)
• W: (n) elucidation [Related to: elucidate] (an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on)
• W: (n) elucidation [Related to: elucidate] (an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding) "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
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• S: (v) tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away (put (things or places) in order) "Tidy up your room!"