light+upon
11cast\ light\ upon — • cast light (up)on • shed light (up)on • throw light (up)on v. phr. To explain; illuminate; clarify. The letters that were found suddenly cast a new light on the circumstances of Tom s disappearance. Einstein s General theory of Relativity threw …
12shed\ light\ upon — • cast light (up)on • shed light (up)on • throw light (up)on v. phr. To explain; illuminate; clarify. The letters that were found suddenly cast a new light on the circumstances of Tom s disappearance. Einstein s General theory of Relativity threw …
13throw\ light\ upon — • cast light (up)on • shed light (up)on • throw light (up)on v. phr. To explain; illuminate; clarify. The letters that were found suddenly cast a new light on the circumstances of Tom s disappearance. Einstein s General theory of Relativity threw …
14shed light upon — verb Illuminate to the understanding; make intelligible; clarify or explain (something unknown). This mystery has vexed us all hitherto; perhaps you will be able to shed light upon the matter, Inspector …
15cast light upon — index elucidate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16shed light upon — index comment, elucidate, enlighten, explain, explicate, exposit, resolve (solve), solve …
17throw light upon — index define, elucidate, explain, explicate, exposit, interpret, resolve (solve), solve …
18light on — ˈlight on ˈlight upon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they light on he/she/it lights on present participle lighting on past tense lit on …
19light on — light upon we d almost given up when we lit upon this article about Mathew s murder trial Syn: come across, chance on/upon, hit on/upon, happen on/upon, stumble on/upon/across, find, discover, uncover, come up with …
20Light — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Light >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 light light ray beam stream gleam streak pencil Sgm: N 1 sunbeam sunbeam moonbeam Sgm: N 1 aurora aurora GRP: N 2 …
