clarify (verb)
1clarify — ► VERB (clarifies, clarified) 1) make more comprehensible. 2) melt (butter) to separate out the impurities. DERIVATIVES clarification noun clarifier noun. ORIGIN Old French clarifier, from Latin clarus clear …
2clarify — verb ADVERB ▪ fully ▪ exactly ▪ further ▪ Headings and sub headings further clarify the structure of the article. VERB + CLARIFY ▪ …
3clarify — verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English clarifien, from Anglo French clarifier, from Late Latin clarificare, from Latin clarus clear more at clear Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make (as a liquid) clear or pure usually by freeing… …
4clarify — verb (T) to make something clearer and easier to understand: Can you clarify that statement? | clarify how/what etc: The report aims to clarify how these conclusions were reached. | clarify your position (=tell people what you think about a… …
5clarify — verb 1) their report clarified the situation Syn: make clear, shed/throw light on, elucidate, illuminate; explain, explicate, define, spell out, clear up Ant: confuse 2) clarify the butter …
6clarify — I verb articulate, bare, bring to light, clear up, comment upon, construe, decipher, define, delineate, deliquare, demonstrate, disentangle, elucidate, enlighten, exemplify, explain, explicate, expose, exposit, expound, free from ambiguity, free… …
7clarify — verb a) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; said of liquids, as wine or syrup. Boiled and clarified. b) To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. To clarify his reason, and to… …
8clarify — verb Syn: make clear, shed/throw light on, illuminate, elucidate, explain, interpret, spell out, clear up Ant: confuse …
9clarify */ — UK [ˈklærəfaɪ] / US [ˈklerɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms clarify : present tense I/you/we/they clarify he/she/it clarifies present participle clarifying past tense clarified past participle clarified 1) formal to explain something more… …
10clarify — clar|i|fy [ klerı,faı ] verb transitive * 1. ) FORMAL to explain something more clearly so that it is easier to understand: Could you clarify your remarks? He is expected to clarify his position today. clarify what: It is important to clarify… …
