Clarify
11clarify — 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… …
12clarify — verb ADVERB ▪ fully ▪ exactly ▪ further ▪ Headings and sub headings further clarify the structure of the article. VERB + CLARIFY ▪ …
13clarify — 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… …
14clarify — 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 …
15clarify — [[t]klæ̱rɪfaɪ[/t]] clarifies, clarifying, clarified VERB To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail. [FORMAL] [V n] Thank you for writing and allowing me to clarify the present position...… …
16clarify — 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… …
17clarify — 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… …
18clarify — clar·i·fy klar ə .fī vb, fied; fy·ing vt to make (as a liquid) clear or pure usu. by freeing from suspended matter <clarify sewage> vi to become clear clar·i·fi·ca·tion .klar ə fə kā shən n clar·i·fi·er klar ə .fī( ə)r n * * * clar·i·fy… …
19clarify — clar•i•fy [[t]ˈklær əˌfaɪ[/t]] v. fied, fy•ing 1) to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity 2) chem. to remove solid matter from (a liquid); to make into a clear or pellucid liquid 3) to free (the mind,… …
20clarify — clarification, n. clarifier, n. /klar euh fuy /, v., clarified, clarifying. v.t. 1. to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity. 2. to remove solid matter from (a liquid); to make into a clear or pellucid… …
