MEANING
1. Clear and intelligible in expression or thought, allowing an idea or explanation to be followed easily.
2. Mentally alert and able to think or communicate clearly, especially during a period of illness or confusion.
Use it for
Use for clear reasoning, prose, or a brief return of clear thought.Make a complicated explanation or testimony unusually easy to follow.
Words that belong together
- lucid explanation
- lucid prose
- lucid account
- lucid interval
- remain lucid
- lucid enough to speak
On the page
Her lucid account of the night made even the strangest detail sound plausible.
She became lucid enough to identify her visitors and ask for water.
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- lucid
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Usage notes
This sense describes clarity of language or reasoning; lucid can also describe a person who is mentally clear, including during an interval of illness. Sense 2: This sense describes a person’s mental state rather than how understandable a text or explanation is.
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