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Can someone enlighten me as to why "pure CSS" is seen as the pinnacle of web design?

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Quick take

make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of enlighten gathered in one view.

verb

make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"

verb

give spiritual insight to; in religion

verb

make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for enlighten.

verb

make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"

verb

give spiritual insight to; in religion

verb

make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

Example sentences

Can someone enlighten me as to why "pure CSS" is seen as the pinnacle of web design?

Perhaps a Googler can enlighten us: do Google employees not get served ads?

The light side is shocked at the darkness and stands against it, to educate and enlighten the audience.

If you want to enlighten us do it without making slurs against other people less fortunate than yourself.

I never understood what docker is or who is supposed to use it. Can somebody enlighten me?

If he's for real, this is an opportunity to enlighten us all and self-promote in a positive way.

Otherwise you are using the metaphor to deceive rather than enlighten.

This articles is now 5 years old - any Erlang programmers who can enlighten me about the current state of Erlang compared to the predictions in this article?

OK, it may be obvious to you but this might be quite enlightening to other people especially those who have been fed on the kind of self-help bullshit the author is debunking.

Out of interest, could you enlighten me as to why the word "retard" is a slur but "dumb" isn't?Putting colloquial use aside, both are valid words that describe conditions, so if one is a slur, isn't the other?

Please enlighten me re: the law they've broken, otherwise I hope you can see the inherent irony in your statement... </unpopularOpinion>edit: I'm not being ornery, I'm really actually curious what people think they should go to prison for. Tastelessness != criminality.

So please, enlighten us, what should we be telling poor nations in Africa or the Middle East to be striving towards, if not economic growth, democracy and respect for human rights?It also may appear to some, that those people lacking a 5000 year old written history seem to be increasingly intolerant towards dictators...