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Definition: Clear |
ClearAdjective1. Clear to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature. 2. Free from confusion or doubt; "a complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us". 3. Affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory". 4. Free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean". 5. Free from contact or proximity or connection; "we were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef". 6. Characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts; especially e.g. guilt; "a clear conscience"; "looked at her questioner with clear untroubled eyes". 7. (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell". 8. (especially of a title) "I have clear title to this property". 9. Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible; "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern". 10. : accurately stated or described; "a set of well-defined values". 11. : (meteorology) free from clouds or mist or haze; "on a clear day". 12. : free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner". 13. : free from flaw or blemish or impurity; "a clear perfect diamond". 14. : clear of charges or deductions; "a clear profit". 15. : easily deciphered. 16. : freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated". 17. : characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear mind"; "a percipient author". 18. : of complexion; without such blemishes as e.g. acne; "the clear complexion of a healthy young woman". Adverb1. Completely; "read the book clear to the end"; "slept clear through the night"; "there were open fields clear to the horizon". 2. In an easily perceptible manner; "could be seen clearly under the microscope"; "She cried loud and clear". Noun1. The state of being free of suspicion: "investigation showed that he was in the clear". 2. A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water: "finally broke out of the forest into the open". Verb1. Rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk". 2. Make a way or path by removing objects: "Clear a path through the dense forest". 3. Become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm.". 4. Grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication". 5. Remove objects of obstruction; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road". 6. Go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House". 7. Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; "The check will clear within 2 business days.". 8. Go away or disappear; "The fog cleared in the afternoon". 9. Pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon cleared the tree tops". 10. : make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault". 11. : free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; "Clear the ship and let it dock". 12. : clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; "clear the water before it can be drunk". 13. : yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million". 14. : make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million". 15. : earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?" "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month". 16. : sell; "We cleared a lot of the old model cars". 17. : pass an inspection or receive authorization; "clear customs". 18. : pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges". 19. : settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt". 20. : make clear, bright, light, or translucent; "The water had to be cleared through filtering". 21. : rid of instructions or data; "clear a memory buffer". 22. : remove (people) from a building; "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat". 23. : remove the occupants of; "Clear the building". 24. : free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "clear" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | CLEAR A specification language based on initial algebras. ["An Informal Introduction to Specification Using CLEAR", R.M. Burstall in The Correctness Problem in Computer Science, R.S. Boyer et al eds, Academic Press 1981, pp. 185-213]. (1994-11-03). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Aerospace | To restore a storage or memory device to a prescribed state, usually that denoting zero. See reset. (references) |
Finance | The process by which a clearinghouse maintains records of all trades and settles margin flow on a daily mark-to-market basis for its clearing member. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Term applied to a wine free from suspensed matter. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The part of a bole or stem which is free of branches. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Of timber free from any defect not acceptable in the appropriate grade or for the particular end use. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Of timber free from decay. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Of timber and of round timber free from knots. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Of timber free from all visible defects and imperfections. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Clear (verb). Clear away. Remove. Clear off! Away with you! Take away. Clear out. Empty out, make tidy. (See below, Clear Out For Guam.) Clear up. Become fine after rain or cloudiness; to make manifest; to elucidate what was obscure. To clear an examination paper. To floor it, or answer every question set. To clear the air. To remove the clouds, mists, and impurities. To clear the dishes. To empty them of their contents. To clear the room. To remove from it every thing or person not required. To clear the table To remove what has been placed on it. Clear (the adjective) A clear head. - A mind that can understand clearly anything which it grasps. A clear statement. A straightforward and intelligible statement. A clear style [of writing] A lucid method of expressing one's thoughts. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. Translucent diamond with few visible spots or flaws b. Water that has not been recirculated in drilling and hence is free of drill cuttings and sludge. Also applied to return water when it contains little or no entrained cuttings or sludge c. A safe working place. (references) |
Public Administration | Restoring the on-hook condition of a telephone terminal. (CCITT, ITU). Source: European Union. (references) |
| To terminate a telecommunication connection; see also clear-back. (PH/PTIH). Source: European Union. (references) | |
Slang in 1811 | CLEAR. Very drunk. The cull is clear, let's bite him; the fellow is very drunk, let's cheat him. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CLEAR | English | Campaign for lead free air | N/A |
| CL | English | Clear | Computing |
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Synonyms: ClearSynonyms: absolved (adj), clean (adj), clean-cut (adj), clear(p) (adj), clear-cut (adj), cleared (adj), decipherable (adj), exculpated (adj), exonerated (adj), light (adj), open (adj), percipient (adj), readable (adj), unclouded (adj), unmortgaged (adj), vindicated (adj), well-defined (adj), all the way (adv), clearly (adv), acquit (v), assoil (v), authorise (v), authorize (v), brighten (v), bring in (v), clarify (v), clear up (v), crystalise (v), crystalize (v), crystallise (v), crystallize (v), discharge (v), earn (v), elucidate (v), enlighten (v), exculpate (v), exonerate (v), gain (v), illuminate (v), light up (v), make (v), net (v), pass (v), pull in (v), realise (v), realize (v), sack (v), sack up (v), shed light on (v), sort out (v), straighten out (v), take in (v), top (v), unclutter (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: cloudy (adj), ill-defined (adj), opaque (adj), unclear (adj), bounce (v), clutter (v), confuse (v), convict (v), overcast (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Treasure up; (store); realize, clear; produce; take. |
Acquittal | Verb: acquit, exculpate, exonerate, clear; absolve, whitewash, assoil; discharge, release; liberate. |
Certainty | Unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained. |
Evident, self-evident, axiomatic; clear, clear as day, clear as the sun at noonday. | |
Cleanness | Wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge, deterge; decrassify; clear, purify; depurate, despumate, defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain. |
Facility | Render easy; Adjective: facilitate, smooth, ease; popularize; lighten, lighten the labor; free, clear; disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage; deobstruct, unclog, extricate, unravel; untie the knot, cut the knot; disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate; humor; (aid); lubricate; relieve. |
Innocence | Adjective: innocent, not guilty; unguilty; guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless; clear, immaculate; rectus in curia; unspotted, unblemished, unerring; undefiled; unhardened, Saturnian; Arcadian; (artless). |
Intelligibility | Adjective: intelligible; clear, clear as day, clear as noonday; lucid; perspicuous, transpicuous; luminous, transparent. |
Liberation | Unfetter; untie; loose; (disjoin); loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose. |
Manifestation | Plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday; plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church. |
Payment | Discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts. |
Simpleness | Sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate; exclude, get rid of; clear; purify; (clean); disentangle; (disjoin). |
Vindication | Verb: justify, warrant; be an excuse; n.for; lend a color, furnish a handle; vindicate; exculpate, disculpate; acquit; clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash; clear the skirts of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Clear |
| English words defined with "clear": clear and present danger, Clear days, Clear stuff, clear the air, clear the throat, clear up, crystal clear ♦ The coast is clear. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "clear": Clear as Crystal. Clear as Mud, clear box testing, clear cell carcinoma, Clear Day, Clear Grit, clear layer, clear layer of epidermis, clear span, Clear the Court, Clear the Decks, Clear Voice, clear weather air defense fighter, Coast Clear. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "clear": Pellucid. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There are no clear pictures of the sexual abuse we endured (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) The commandments say 'Thou shalt not kill,' but we hire men to go out and do it for us. The right and the wrong seem pretty clear here (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman) Anybody that doesn't want to get killed best clear on out the back (Unforgiven; writing credit: David Webb Peoples.) It was so clear, Jenny, it looked like there were two skies one on top of the other (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) Is that clear or do I have to slip you my lip for a convincer (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Frank Capra. based on the story 'The Greatest Gift' by Philip Van Doren Stern.) | |
Lyrics | Now love is so clear (Can't Stop; performing artist: After 7) Through the years you made it clear ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant) As clear as the sun in the summer sky (More Than a Feeling; performing artist: BOSTON) And you made it so perfectly clear (From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart; performing artist: Britney Spears) What it is ain't exactly clear ("For What It's Worth"; performing artist: Buffalo Springfield) | |
Clever | A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. (references; author: unknown) Life lesson: You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | X-ray checks clear chests. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) A Clear and Present Danger (1970) 3 Clear Sundays (1965) The Clear Horizon (1960) Last Clear Chance (1959) | |
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(1) color slide shows a clear plastic container (dish) filled with strawberry frozen yogurt, (looks like it came out of a soft ice cream dispenser, swirled). Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). | Natural history of common acquired nevi. Ordinary moles begin as uniformly tan or brown macules, 1 to 2 mm in diameter (a), expand to a larger macule (b), progress to a pigmented papule that may be minimally (c) or obviously (d) elevated above the surface of the skin, and terminate as a pink or flesh-colored papule (e). These lesions are junctional (a,b), compound (c,d), and dermal (e) nevi, respectively. Note their smooth borders and clear demarcation from the surrounding skin. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
![]() | Most of the eastern U.S. was cloud free October 11. Such widespread cloudlessness in this part of the world is rare. These clear skies are associated with a region of high pressure over the eastern central U.S. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Tasmania in Clear View. Credit: NASA. |
The Hubble telescope has peered deep into Uranus's atmosphere to see clear and hazy layers ... Credit: NASA. | This photograph from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope presents the first clear view of one of ... Credit: NASA. | ||
![]() | Fishing boat entering the harbor at Dutch Harbor That rarest of Aleutian days - a clear warm day. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | C&GS Ship HYDROGRAPHER as seen from photogrammetric aircraft First photo mission for C&GS was an attempt to determined depths in clear water Project in Florida Keys - ship was used as fixed reference program Cooperative project with Aeroplane Service of the Navy. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | Ripples on the Patuxent River river bottom. These were seen on a day having exceptionally clear water. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | The Gay Head Lighthouse on the west end of Martha's Vineyard. Gay Head was named for the multi-colored strata which presented a beautiful and cheerful sight on a clear day. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| "Clear vinyl" by Gabino Travassos Commentary: "Something to go with those record needle photos." | "Water Clear" by Chilli D Commentary: "Sunny drive down the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. (Camps Bay)." |
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| Clean; clean off; clear; dry; dust; erase; mop; obliterate; remove; rub; sponge; swab; take away; towel; wash; squeak. | Clear; crisp; abrupt; audible; clear-cut; definite; distinct; explicit; extreme; intense; marked; obvious; sudden; visible; well-defined; sharp. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | What has become clear to you since we last met? |
Euripides | Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us. |
Henry Ward Beecher | God's providence is on the side of clear heads. |
Johann Kaspar Lavater | Intuition is the clear concept of the whole at once. |
John Donne | Show me, dear Christ, Thy spouse, so bright and clear. |
Michael Drayton | The coast was clear. |
Virgil | O farmers, pray that your summers be wet and your winters clear. |
W. G. T. Shedd | Clear statement is argument. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But I moreover affirm, that all men are naturally in that state, and remain so, till by their own consents they make themselves members of some politic society; and I doubt not in the sequel of this discourse, to make it very clear. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 6: No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear, that the individual who considers himself injured, has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties Section II has made clear the relations of the Communists to the existing working-class parties, such as the Chartists in England and the Agrarian Reformers in America. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The French State will acquire the property free and clear of all debts and charges. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Opportunity is here now, clear and shining for both our countries. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | You have made yourself too clear. |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | I tried to make this clear to her also, adding some warnings on the dangers that surely awaited a union in which mutual love was wanting |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | And in the very wonder of this, it would be itself again, distinct and clear as ever |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | The air was clear and scented, the breeze flitted lightly through the tall grass around his cave, the birds were chirruping at each other, the butterflies were flitting about prettily, and the whole of nature seemed to be conspiring to be as pleasant as it possibly could |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was clear that he was moved and agitated |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Their cry was shrill and clear and fine and falling like threads of silken light unwound from whirring spools |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Horses came to the watering troughs and nuzzled the water to clear the surface dust |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | To clear up which I endeavored to give some ideas of the desire of power and riches, of the terrible effects of lust, intemperance, malice and envy |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But alert and healthy natures remember that the sun rose clear. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Sealants are clear or tinted. (references) | |
Other causes of TMD are less clear. (references) | ||
The reasons for this are not clear. (references) | ||
Business | They used armed force to clear demonstrators from the streets. (references) | |
PRD candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas won this race by a clear margin. (references) | ||
They too have a clear and present need for psychological counseling. (references) | ||
Children | Ethiopia | Nevertheless there is a clear need for reform of the juvenile justice system. (references) |
Russia | The welfare of the children has been lost within the bureaucracy, and little clear recourse exists in instances of abuse by the system. (references) | |
Iceland | Moreover, the regulations also specify that, to the extent possible, the sidewalk outside the main entrance of a public accommodation or government building should be heated so that it remains clear of ice and snow throughout the winter. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Nigeria | In general states with a clear Christian or Muslim majority explicitly favor the majority faith. (references) |
Hong Kong | The police must give a clear reply within 48 hours if it objects, but otherwise no reply indicates no objection. (references) | |
Yugoslavia | The continuing lack of clear guidelines is perceived by some observers to constitute an inhibition on free expression. (references) | |
Discrimination | Brazil | There continued to be reports of violence against homosexuals, although it was not clear always that the victim's sexual orientation was the reason for the attack. (references) |
Economic History | Egypt | The success of those efforts is not yet clear. (references) |
Spain | Spanish law establishes clear rights to private ownership. (references) | |
Human Rights | Yugoslavia | It was not clear if political motives were involved. (references) |
Romania | The Ombudsman's role still is not fully clear to the public. (references) | |
Belize | In response, the police and members of the BDF attempted to clear the roadway. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Guatemala | In 2000 when the Government designed a new 2000-2004 timetable for the implementation of the Peace Accords, it remained clear that the majority of the provisions regarding indigenous rights were incomplete. (references) |
Minorities | India | It delineates clear social strata, assigning highly structured religious, cultural, and social roles to each caste and subcaste. (references) |
Czech Republic | The advisors themselves have in some cases felt hindered by the lack of a clear legal mandate and procedural instructions for carrying out their duties. (references) | |
Political Economy | EL SALVADOR | This system allows merchandise to clear customs seven days a week. (references) |
Indonesia | When it became clear that the military would not, he put pressure on the police. (references) | |
OMAN | As part of "Omanization," only Omani nationals are permitted to clear shipments. (references) | |
Political Rights | El Salvador | Francisco Flores, the candidate of the ARENA party, won a clear majority in the first round of voting. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | The OSCE determined that in the second round of elections, in district 44 (in which Kulov ran) there was clear evidence of systematic fraud committed by both state and election authorities. (references) | |
Czech Republic | Those who did not receive confirmation of a clear record may file a civil suit against the Interior Ministry for a charge similar to slander; however, no such suits were filed during the year. (references) | |
Trade | France | The writing must be clear and non-promotional. (references) |
Australia | The benefits of this tariff reduction program have become clear. (references) | |
Poland | Promotional materials must be clearly marked "no commercial value" in order to clear customs. (references) | |
Travel | Philippines | Customs, for instance, requires dozens of signatures to clear air cargo. (references) |
Latvia | The principal rural roads are generally paved and are clear of snow during the winter. (references) | |
Egypt | Although taxis have meters, the official rate is so low, the obligation to pay something realistic is clear. (references) | |
Women | Bhutan | The law contains a clear definition of criminal sexual assault and specifies penalties. (references) |
Turkey | Government authorities have tried to send a clear message of intolerance for this practice through the prosecution of those responsible for the killings. (references) | |
Kyrgyz Republic | Activists note that rape is becoming more common, although it is not clear whether the incidence of rape or only the reporting of such attacks is becoming more common. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | According to Dignite, labor inspectors continue to ignore this clear violation of the law. (references) |
Korea | Child labor laws and regulations are clear and usually enforced when violations are found, but the Government employs too few inspectors to carry out regular inspections. (references) | |
Burma | In 2000 authorities in a township in Sagaing Division reportedly forced villagers to clear 1,000 acres of land or pay a fine of more than $8.75 (3,500 Kyat) per household. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DISOBEY, v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command. His right to govern me is clear as day, My duty manifest to disobey; And if that fit observance e'er I shut May I and duty be alike undone. Israfel Brown |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Jones | We believe it is very clear from the scripture that homosexuality is a sin. Very clear. Adultery is a sin, there are many other sins. |
Howard Lutnick | Well, as I saw the building I could see the smoke engulfing the top of the building and it was clear that things were going to be, things were going to be terrible. |
James Dobson | I believe the scripture makes it clear that Jesus Christ came to provide a remedy for sin and to be a savior to those who would believe on His name and that through Him, they would be saved. |
John McCain | Saddam Hussein is developing weapons of mass destruction as quickly as he can. The Czech government has revealed meetings, contacts between Iraqi intelligence and Mohamed Atta. The evidence is very clear. |
Mark Shields | Bob, contrary to the defensiveness of some church leaders, Archbishop Flynn was crystal clear and emphatic. He praised the media for bringing this scandal, this crisis in the Church to public light and forcing the Church to act upon it. |
Queen Rania of Jordan | I'm not quite clear about the details of this conference. But we are always supportive of any initiatives that promote peace. So I'm sure that our government will be supportive of that principle, but I don't know further details about it. |
Representative John Kasich | Look, I think we ought to have a debate about this, and I think we ought to make it clear to the people that they're interested in empowering bureaucrats, and we're interested in empowering people. |
Robert Novak | Governor Thompson was also, I thought, clear on being against human cloning. The president did make a big pitch for the bill to abolish human cloning about a week ago, two weeks ago, but he hasn't said anything much since. |
Rush Limbaugh | History makes clear that not even iron-fisted dictatorships can completely enforce equality of speech. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | This Administration has come into power with a very clear and definite mandate from the people. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The Congress has a clear responsibility to meet this challenge with courage and determination. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Nevertheless, while a strain is not a fracture, it is clear that the forces of diversity are at work inside the Communist camp, despite all the iron disciplines of regimentation and all the iron dogmatisms of ideology. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | One result of our stand in Vietnam is already clear. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | However, I want the record to be completely clear on one point. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | At long last, we must have a clear, comprehensive energy policy for the United States. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Let's be clear about where the deficit problem comes from. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Let me make clear what I mean by the region's stability and security. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I have made it abundantly clear that it should be a part of our trade agenda. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Rarely has the world faced a choice more clear or consequential. |
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| "Clear" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.29% of the time. "Clear" is used about 24,181 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 80.29% | 19,416 | 460 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 13.53% | 3,272 | 2,912 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.16% | 1,489 | 5,464 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24,181 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "clear" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Clear | Last name | 1,000 | 15,232 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "clear". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jezoar | N/A | Biblical | Clear |
| Clara | Female | English | Clear |
| Clare | Female | English | Clear |
| Clarice | Female | English | Clear |
| Clarissa | Female | English | Clear |
| Claire | Female | French | Clear |
| Clarisse | Female | French | Clear |
| Clara | Female | German | Clear |
| Clara | Female | Italian | Clear |
| Clarissa | Female | Italian | Clear |
| Clara | Female | Portuguese | Clear |
| Clara | Female | Romanian | Clear |
| Klair | Female | Scandinavian | Clear |
| Clara | Female | Spanish | Clear |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Clear Channel Communications, Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Clear, AK |
Expressions using "clear": A clear breach ♦ a clear consience ♦ a clear view of the facts ♦ a very clear hand ♦ all clear ♦ all clear signal ♦ as clear as day ♦ as clear as daylight ♦ as clear as glass ♦ as clear as mud ♦ be clear ♦ be clear of ♦ become clear ♦ clear a cheque ♦ clear a forest ♦ clear a mystery ♦ clear a space ♦ clear a way ♦ clear a yard of rubbish ♦ clear air ♦ clear air gust ♦ clear air turbulence ♦ clear amount ♦ clear and dry ♦ clear and present danger ♦ clear and pull ♦ clear articulation ♦ clear as day ♦ clear as daylight ♦ clear as mud ♦ clear as the sun at noonday ♦ clear away ♦ clear box testing ♦ Clear breach ♦ clear Brook ♦ clear by blowing ♦ clear cell carcinoma ♦ Clear Certainty Rundown ♦ Clear Channel ♦ clear conscience ♦ clear contrary ♦ clear Creek ♦ clear Creek County ♦ clear days ♦ clear decks ♦ clear distinct ♦ clear expenses ♦ clear eyed ♦ clear for action ♦ clear Fork ♦ clear from the blame ♦ clear from weeds ♦ clear hawse slip ♦ clear headed ♦ clear ice ♦ clear inwards ♦ clear judgment ♦ clear lacquer ♦ clear Lake ♦ clear Lake Shore ♦ clear Lake Shores ♦ clear land ♦ clear layer ♦ clear layer of epidermis ♦ clear liquid diet ♦ clear majority ♦ clear mind ♦ clear mindedness ♦ clear of ♦ clear of debts ♦ clear of snow ♦ clear of tax ♦ clear off ♦ clear off! ♦ clear one s'throat ♦ clear one's pipe ♦ clear one's throat ♦ clear oneself ♦ clear out ♦ clear out! ♦ clear profit ♦ clear proof ♦ clear sailing ♦ clear skies ♦ clear sky ♦ clear soup ♦ clear Spring ♦ clear stage ♦ Clear stuff ♦ clear the air ♦ clear the ball ♦ clear the deck ♦ clear the decks ♦ clear the decks for action ♦ clear the room ♦ clear the room! ♦ clear the skirts of ♦ clear the streets of snow ♦ clear the table ♦ clear the throat ♦ clear the troat. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "clear": clear-air turbulence, clear-cell, clear-cole, clear-cut, clear-cutting, clear-definition, clear-down, clear-eye, clear-eyed, clear-fell, clear-felled, clear-felled area, clear-felling, clear-finished, clear-fronted, clear-handled, clear-head, Clear-headed, Clear-headedness, clear-looking, clear-minded, clear-mindedly, clear-out, clear-outs, clear-piped, Clear-seeing, Clear-shining, clear-sighted, clear-sighted person, clear-sightedly, Clear-sightedness, clear-sky, clear-starch, clear-story, clear-sufficient, clear-textured, clear-the-air, clear-thinker, clear-thinking, clear-tlot-tlot, clear-to-send, clear-up, clear-vision, clear-washed, clear-water, clear-wing, clear-with, clear-you. | |
Ending with "clear": all-clear, crystal-clear, gin-clear. | |
Containing "clear": no-need-to-clear-mask, purple-wax-in-clear-oil. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
clear channel | 1,222 | clear strap bra | 117 |
clear skin | 413 | clear lake manitoba | 109 |
clear | 402 | clear pvc pipe | 107 |
clear lake | 362 | crystal clear | 102 |
clear channel communication | 306 | real clear politics | 101 |
university of houston clear lake | 291 | clear computer case | 98 |
clear shoes | 272 | real estate clear lake | 98 |
clear lake iowa | 266 | clear corner | 88 |
clear channel radio | 236 | point clear alabama | 87 |
clear tail light | 207 | clear lake texas | 86 |
clear channel entertainment | 199 | free and clear | 84 |
clear history | 197 | clear bra | 84 |
clear creek isd | 192 | clear taillights | 80 |
clean clear | 159 | clear and present danger | 78 |
braces clear | 152 | clear creek | 78 |
clear lake california | 150 | clear choice | 74 |
clear water | 134 | clear blue | 73 |
clear blue easy | 131 | clear cache | 71 |
clear lake ca | 130 | clear plastic box | 68 |
clear credit | 130 | clear search history | 66 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "clear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | opklaar, helder (bright, distinct, light, obvious, plain). (various references) | |
Albanian | lë portin, hapem (clear up, flatten out, open, spread, step aside, unfold), i kthjellët (bright, clear-sighted, cloudless, fair, light, limpid, liquid, lucid, luminary, pellucid, perspicuous, sober, unclouded), i kuptueshëm (apprehensible, cogitable, coherent, comprehensible, foolproof, intelligible, obvious, realizable, understandable), i lirë (at ease, available, brummagem, cheap, disengaged, disposable, empty, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, frugal, inexpensive, loose, native, off, off duty, off-hour, open, quit, scotfree, twopenny, unattached, unbound, uncostly, uninhibited, unoccupied, vacant), i pafajshëm (blameless, guiltless, harmless, innocent, not implicated), i papërzier (honest, pure, true-bred, unadulterated, unalloyed, unmingled), i pastër (absolute, chaste, childlike, clean, clean-handed, cleanly, dapper, fair, innocent, neat, net, new, orderly, potty-trained, pure, refined, simon-pure, snug, spotless, sterling, tidy, trig, unadulterated, unblended, unimpeachable, unwritten, virgin, virginal, well groomed, white), i pazënë (empty, free, loose, open, unoccupied, vacant, void), i plotë (all out, big, broad, close, complete, comprehensive, crowded, dead, direct, dyed in the wool, entire, flush, fraught, full, gross, integral, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plummy, pregnant, radical, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unabbreviated, uncut, unquestioning, utter, whole), i qartë (apparent, articulate, candid, clear-cut, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, fair, formal, Frank, in focus, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, neat, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, readable, self evident, serene, simple, tangible, unambiguous, unequivocal, visible, well-defined, well-marked), i sigurt (assertive, assured, certain, confident, dead, dependable, fast, firm, foolproof, indubitable, infallible, positive, reliable, reliant, safe, secure, sound, sterling, sure, trusty, unerring), i tërë (all, downright, entire, gross, integral, thorough, total, undivided, whole), çdoganoj, kthjellohem (clear up, sober), zbraz (clear out, deplenish, deplete, discharge, drain, draw, dump, effuse, empty, empty out, evacuate, exhaust, flux, Lade, make a hole in, outpour, overrun, pour out, purge, shoot, tap, unload, unlock, void), laj (bathe, do, elutriate, flush, liquidate, pay up, rinse out, scour, settle, sponge, take out, wash), larg (afar, afield, apart, away, distant, far, far away, far off, off, wide), ndreq (adjust, arrange, change, correct, dispose, dress, fix up, make amends, mend, piece, rectify, redress, refit, reform, reinstate, remake, remedy, repair, revise, spruce up, Square, straighten, tidy up, touch up, tune up), neto (all in, net), nxjerr pa faj, pa kufizim (all in), plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), qëroj (blanch, clean, cut out, decorticate, dress, finger, Hull, mulct, pare, Peel, pick, pick off, pinch, poach, rind, scale, shell, waste, whip, zap), qartë (clearly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, fairly, it is clear, lucid, neatly, obviously, palpably, patently, plain, plainly, precisely, visibly), shkoqur (clearly), shlyej (discharge, expiate, forgive, liquidate, make good, make up, purge, redeem, satisfy, settle, Square, work off), shpërndaj (allocate, allot, apportion, bestrew, broadcast, deal, deliver, deploy, diffuse, disband, disembody, dish, dish out, dispel, dispense, disperse, disseminate, dissolve, distribute, diversify, give out, give rise to, hand out, intersperse, ladle, lay, lay out, mete, part, put out, scatter, share, shed, whiffle, wipe), spastroj (clean out, clear away, purge), i tejdukshëm (diaphanous, glassy, hyaline, lucid, pellucid, sheer, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, vitreous). (various references) | |
Arabic | أجاز (accredit, allow, endorse, indorse, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimize, licence, license, patent, permit, sanction, steam roller, vouchsafe, warrant), بدون غموض, خلو من الضباب, خلو من الشوائب, خلص (cleave, keep faith, manumit, mop up, redeem, relieve, rescue, true), خالص (mere, pure, real, unadulterated, unmixed), خال من العقد, جلي (apparent, conspicuous, distinct, evident, express, intelligible, lucid, manifest, marked, obvious, patent, plain, transparent, unequivocal, unmistakable), إنقشع (dissipate, lift, uncloud), صاف (bright, fair, fine, lucid, net, pellucid, perspicuous, placid, pure, puristic, raw, round, serene, sincere, stark, unclouded), أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress, take away), صحا (clear up, sober), أبرئ (acquit, exonerate), رخص (authorise, authorize, be cheap, cheapen, cheapness, permit), رائق (bright, calm, impassive, limpid, piping, placid, pure, serene), ربح ربحا, شفاف (crystal, diaphanous, filmy, gauze, gauzy, gossamery, limpid, lucid, pellucid, see through, transparent), بوضوح (apparently, clearly, distinctly, evidently, fairly, obviously, overtly, patently, plain, plainly, pointedly, sharply, simply, visibly), بجلاء (apparently, clearly, evidently, patently), باع (be sold on, market, move, purvey, scrap, sell, vend), برئ (angelic, artless, blameless, guileless, guiltless, harmless, honest, inculpable, ingenuous, innocent, naive, pure, simple, starry eyed, white), إختفي اللص, وثب (bounce, bound, dance, gambol, rebound, skip, skipping, spring, start up, vault), واضِح (obvious), فسر (account for, clarify, clear up, construe, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, illustrate, interpret, make clear), محض (downright, pure, unadulterated, unmixed), متأكد (certain, persuader), مشرق (agleam, beaming, beamy, bright, brilliant, luminous, radiant, shining, shiny, splendid, vivid), نور (day, edify, enlighten, flare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumination), ناصع (evident, pure), نظف (char, clean, clean out, clear away, do, mop, pan, purge, purify, rub, sanitize, scavenge, scour, scrub, swab, wash out), صاح (bawl, call, call out, crow, cry, holler, hoot, scream, shout, sing out, squall, squawk, squeal, vociferate), واثق (assured, certain, confident, convinced, doubtless, in the bag, reliant, safe, secure, sterling), ناطق (plain, spokesman, talking), غير مدين, حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), حرر (cast off, decontrol, deliver, detach, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, free, grant freedom, liberate, manumit, open, phrase, redact, redeem, release, rescue, rid, set at large, set free, set loose, subedit, unchain, uncork, unleash, unlock, unstitch), تخضع السفينة لشروط الجمارك, تبادل الشيكات, تبدد (death, dispersal, dispersion, dissipate, fly, go to waste, recede, tarnish), سدد (aim, charge, discharge, hit, predominate, shoot), طاهر (chaste, clean, immaculate, innocent, inviolate, pure, saintly, spotless, unstained, virgin, virtuous, white), صفى (clarify, close out, colander, comb out, defecate, determine, do away with, filter, filtrate, leach, liquidate, lixiviate, mop up, polish off, refine, run, sell off, strain, uncloud, wipe out), واضح (apparent, bold, broad, conspicuous, decided, definite, elucidative, evident, explicit, express, frank, intelligible, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, outspoken, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plump, pointed, pronounced, punctual, purposely, seeming, sharp, specific, transparent, trenchant, visible). (various references) | |
Bavarian | häis (bright, light). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | просвет (air gap, daylight), изплащам (allow, disburse, discharge, expiate, lift, liquidate, meet, pay, pay away, pay out, pay up, repay, settle, sink, take up), надалеч (afar, aloof, apart, distantly, far), минавам по сметка, безоблачен (azure, serene, unclouded), безпрепятствено, бистър (crystal, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucid, pellucid, robust, translucent), неограничен (absolute, autocratic, autocratical, limitless, plenary, plenipotentiary, sovereign, stintless, termless, unbounded, unconditioned, unconstrained, unlimited, unreserved, unrestricted, unstinted, untrammelled, wide), прояснявам (become clear, make understand), отпушвам (open, unclog, uncork, unstop), прозрачен (bright, crystal, crystalline, diaphanous, gauzy, hyaline, limpid, lucent, lucid, peek-a-boo, pellucid, see through, sheer, transparent, white), преминавам без да докосна, понятен (apprehensible, comprehensible, intelligent, intelligible, plain, transparent), получавам чиста печалба (net), изяснявам се (clarify, clear up, crystallize, ravel), изяснявам (clarify, crystallize, elucidate, enucleate, make understand, ravel, sound out, talk out, translate, unkennel, unscramble), пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, explicit, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, grand, implicit, intact, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, out and out, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stark, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole, whole-footed, whole-hog), разбрано, ясно (clearly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, fair, obviously, plain, precise, tersely), ясен (articulate, ash, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, coherent, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, serene, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), ярък (blazing, bright, flaming, flashy, garish, gaudy, gay, glaring, glowing, gutty, harsh, high-colored, high-coloured, hot, jazz, jazzy, live, loud, lucid, lurid, noisy, picturesque, refulgent, relucent, round, showy, staring, violent, vivid, zizzi), ярко (glaringly), свободно (dismiss, fluently, free, freely, loose, loosely, naturally, stand at ease, trippingly, vacantly, without restraint), светъл (auspicious, bright, cheerful, cheery, fair, fair haired, fine, light, liquid, lucent, lucid, pale, relucent, rosy, unshadowed, vivid, white), настрана (afield, aloof, apart, aside, back, by, edgewise, stage whisper), разчиствам (muck, pay), съвсем (all, altogether, clean, completely, directly, dooms, fairly, just, largely, most, plain, precious, quite, real, regularly, simply, sopping, spang, thoroughly, to the core, to the wide, totally, up, well, wholly, wide), разпродавам залежали стоки, чак (right), чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, crisp, crystal, downright, fair, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), освобождавам от задължение, очиствам (break, chastise, clean, cleanse, depurate, deterge, do in, flick, polish off, pop off, purge, purify, push off, remove, rid, rub out, wipe out), отчетлив (distinct), спокоен (arcadian, calm, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled). (various references) | |
Chinese | 明白 (obvious, to realize, to understand, unequivocal). (various references) | |
Czech | splatit (clear off, pay up, redeem, refund, repay, return), živý (active, airy, alive, animated, bright, brisk, chirpy, exhilarating, gay, heated, high-spirited, lifelike, live, lively, living, mercurial, perky, pleasant, quick, racy, sprightly, vivacious, vivid), absolutní (absolute, blank, complete, dead, flat, implicit, perfect, plenary, positive, strict, uncompromising, undiluted, undivided, unmitigated), úplný (absolute, complete, entire, full, outright, perfect, plenary, thorough-paced, utter, very, whole), jasnì (brightly, clearly, plainly, quite so), jasný (bright, broad, cheerful, clear-cut, definite, distinct, fair, fresh, live, lucid, overt, pellucid, plain, radiant, serene, sheeny, shinny, straight, sunny, unambiguous, unequivocal, vivid), jednoznaèný (definite, unambiguous, unequivocal, uniform), překonat (beat, better, bridge, conquer, eclipse, exceed, Excel, get the better of, go beyond, heal, outdo, overcome, refute, surmount, surpass, tide over), prùhledný (laky, translucent, transparent), prùzraèný (lucid, luminous, pellucid), proèistit se, èistý (absolute, blank, clean, fine, neat, net, new, perfect, pure, stainless, straight, taintless, tidy, true, unalloyed, untainted, white), sklidit (clear away), zmizet (clear off, come off, come out, decamp, disappear, drop out, make off, push off, vanish), srozumitelný (comprehensible, intelligible, understandable), volný (comfortable, for hire, free, lax, liberal, loose, open, slack, spare, svelte, unattached, unoccupied, unrestrained, vacant), vyèasit se (clear up), vybrat (choose, cull, look for, scoop, select, shell out, single out, tell off, withdraw), vyclít, vyjasnit si, vymazat (blot out, delete, erase, obliterate, puddle, rub off, rub out, scrub, wipe out), zřejmý (apparent, evident, noticeable, obvious, open, outward, palpable, patent, perceptible, prima facie, self evident, visible), zřetelnì (distinctly), zřetelný (articulate, audible, broad, conspicuous, distinct, distinctive, marked, obvious, perspicuous, plain, pronounced), rozptýlit se (scatter). (various references) | |
Danish | klar (distinct, obvious, plain), tydelig (distinct, obvious, plain), lys (bright, candela, candle, candlepower, light). (various references) | |
Dutch | licht (bright, easy, facile, faint, insubstantial, light, lightly, shallow, superficial, weak, weakly), klaar (bright, clearly, completed, distinct, done, finished, light, obvious, over, plain, ready, through), helder (acute, bright, clean, clearly, distinct, light, obvious, plain, pure, serene, untroubled), hel (abyss, bright, hell, light). (various references) | |
Esperanto | prezentata klare (graphic), klariĝi, klara (distinct, plain), heliĝi, hela (bright, light). (various references) | |
Faeroese | týðuligur (distinct, obvious, plain), ljósur (bright, light, serene, untroubled). (various references) | |
Farsi | فهماندن (Purporst, Represent, Show), واضح کردن (Clarify, Expound), واضح (Crystalline, Ditinct, Explicit, Graphic, Lucid, Obvious, Overt, Palpable, Perspicuous, Plain, Vivid), توضیح دادن (Clarify, Elucidate, Explain, Illustrate, State), تبرءه کردن (Acquit, Cleanse, Excuse, Exonerate, Purge), زلال (Crystal, Limpid, Lucid), صاف کردن (Even, Face, Fine, Hone, Pave, Percolate, Perk, Plane, Serene, Sleek, Smooth, Strain, Unwrap, Urbanize), صاف (Even, Explicit, Flat, Glossy, Limpid, Plain, Plane, Serene, Silken, Sleek, Slick, Unruffled), صریح (Abstract, Definite, Explicit, Express, Frank, Open, Perspicuous, Precise, Punctual, Straight, Unequivocal). (various references) | |
Finnish | selvä (distinct, lucid, obvious, plain, sober, unmistakable), oksaton (clean), kirkas (bright, limpid, shiny). (various references) | |
French | clair, net (clean, cleanly cut), limpide, déblayer. (various references) | |
Frisian | ljocht (bright, light), dúdlik (distinct, obvious, plain). (various references) | |
German | klar (articulate, articulative, bold, clean, clean-cut, clearly, crisp, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicitly, fair, intelligibly, limpid, lucid, lucidly, manifest, obvious, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspicuously, plain, plainly, precise, rather, ready, sure, transparent, unclouded, understood, unobscured, white, yeah), deutlich (appreciable, articulate, articulately, bold, broad, broadly, clearly, conspicuous, decided, distinct, distinct (from), distinctly, explicit, explicitly, flat, lucid, manifest, marked, notedly, noticeable, noticeably, obvious, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plainly, pronounced), rein (absolutely, chaste, chastely, clean, cleanly, genuine, honest, immaculate, immaculately, mere, outright, perfect, plain, pure, purely, rank, raw, refined, sheer, sheerly, stark, straight, sweet, true, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncorrupt, undefiled, undiluted, unvarnished, virgin, virginal), räumen (check out, empty, evacuate, give up, move, move out, shift, sweep, to evacuate, vacate, withdraw), löschen (amortize, blot, blow out, close, deaden, delete, discharge, erase, erasure, expunge, extinguish, kill, land, pay off, put out, quench, redeem, rub off, rub out, scratch, slake, souse, strike off, switch out, to delete, to erase, to expunge, to extinguish, to kill, to slake, turn off, unload, unship, wipe out, zap), klären (clarify, clear up, fine, purify, ravel out, settle, sort out, treat), hell (blond, bright, brightly, brilliantly, broad, fair, flaming, great, high pitched, intelligent, light, light-colored, lucid, pale, pure, ringing, sheer, smart, stark, utter, vivid), anschaulich (concrete, descriptive, distinct, graphic, lucid, lucidly, obvious, picturesque, plain, plastic, vivid). (various references) | |
Greek | καθαρός (aboveboard, clean, sheer, utter), καθαρίζω (absterge, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear out, clear up, defecate, finish up, flux, furbish, net, peel, purge, purify, rarefy, scavenge, scour, wash away), διαυγής (limpid, pellucid). (various references) | |
Guarani | hesakãmbáma (it is already totally clear). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בהיר (bright, fair, limpid, lucid, manifest, vivid), ברור (certain, clarification, clarity, clearing, consideration, evident, evidently, explanation, implicit, manifest, obvious, obviously, patent, plain, selection, sharp, straightforward). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tisztán (audibly, chastely, cleanly, fairly, legibly, lucidly, purely, straight), tiszta (blank, by the merest chance, chaste, clean, distinct, fine, franchised, hygienic, legible, light, limpid, neat, net, open and shut, pellucid, perspicuous, platonic, proof spirit, pure, saintly, sheer, sinless, sky clear, tabula rasa, transparent), belterület. (various references) | |
Icelandic | skýr (distinct, obvious, plain). (various references) | |
Indonesian | curai (apart, detached, evident, loose, real), lantang (distinct, piercing, shrill), kentara (conspicuous, obvious, striking, visible), gamblang (explicit, palpable, understandable), bening (transparent), bayan (distinct). (various references) | |
Irish | geal (blank, bright, light, white). (various references) | |
Italian | distinto (articulate, articulately, discrete, distinct, distinguished, distinguishing, explicit, genteel, lucid, obvious, plain, separate), sereno (articulative, calm, clearly, cloudless, clouldless, light hearted, serene, sheltered, unobscured, yeah), netto (clean, clear-cut, definite, emphatic, flat, neat, net, sharp, sleek, smooth, unruffled), limpido (clean, limpid), esente (exempt, free, freely, immune, unenslaved, untrapped). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鮮明 (distinct, vivid), 鮮やか (brilliant, vivid), 清澄 (serene), 清い (noble, pure). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | れいろうたる (brilliant, sweetly ringing, translucent), はんぜん (distinct, judge, magistrate, with eyes half-closed), はんぜんたる (definite, distinct, evident), はればれしい (splendid), はくはく, へいめい (simple), クリアー , めいろう (bright, cheerful), めいりょう (clarity, lucid, plain), めいせき (famous historic spot), ろうろう (full-sounding, sonorous, unemployed, wandering), ろうろうたる (bright, resonant, sonorous, tired out), あざやか (brilliant, vivid), とうてつした (lucid, penetrating), れいろう (brilliant), すっきり (neat, shapely), れきれきたる, れきぜんたる (distinct, plain), りょうぜんたる (obvious), かくぜん (clear-cut, definite, distinct, positive), せんえい (acute, radical, sharp, signs of a ship), せんめい (distinct, vivid), せいちょう (adult bird, attention, government office, grow to adulthood, growth, head oarsman, increment, legitimate dynasty, listening quietly, medicine for internal disorders, serene, sexual characteristics, style, tone, traditional tune, tune up), せいろう (basket used for steaming food, brothel, fair, fine, government-labour, serene), せつぜんたる (distinct, sharp), さわやか (eloquent, fluent, fresh, invigorating, refreshing), きよい (comfortable to wear, noble, pure), しょうしょうたる (bright, obvious, plain), しょうぜんたる (dejected, dispirited, manifest), あきらか (evident, obvious, plain). (various references) | |
Korean | 공간 (space, spatial). (various references) | |
Lombard | ciar (distinct, obvious, plain). (various references) | |
Malay | nyata (distinct, obvious, plain). (various references) | |
Manx | sullyr (bright, limpid, resplendent), sollys (bright, brilliant, lamp, light, resplendent, shining, shiny, transparent), neuvodjallit (cloudless), leayr (clear-headed, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, glaring, graphic, obvious, perceivable, unequivocal), glen (chaste, clean, clearcut, cloudless, downright, emphatic, fair, flat, flat of refusal, fresh-coloured, hygienic, liquidate, nett, peremptory, pure, sheer, to a T, unclouded, unclouded of vision, undefiled), gial (bright, fulgent, light-coloured, shining, snowy, white), eeck custym, cur baght er (comment, define, explain, illuminate, interpret), cleeir, baghtal (definable, distinct, implicit, noticeable, obvious, plain). (various references) | |
Norwegian | klar (distinct, limpid, liquid, lucid, obvious, plain). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kla (distinct, finished, obvious, plain, ready, through). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | earclay.(various references) | |
Polish | jasny (bright, light). (various references) | |
Portuguese | claro (articulate, bright, broad, certain, clean, clearly, distinct, evident, fair, flyaway, fresh, light, lightsome, limpid, lucent, lucid, luculent, neat, obvious, open, open-and-shut, overt, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plainspoken, pure, self-explanatory, simple, slip-on, specific, tangible, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unclouded, unequivocal, unmistakable, water-repellent, watertight), luminoso (auroral, bright, enlightening, illuminating, illuminative, light, lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous, self-luminous), límpido (articulate, crystal, limpid, luculent, pellucid, pure, serene, transparent, transpicuous, unclouded), distinto (articulate, cleanly cut, different, discrete, discriminate, discriminating, distinct, distinctive, genteel, gentlemanly, grand, great, illustrious, neat, net, nice, noted, plain, precise, stylish, unlike, well-marked). (various references) | |
Quechua | chiraw-mit'a (clear or bright season). (various references) | |
Romanian | categoric (absolute, absolutely, beyond peradventure, categorical, categorically, curt, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, dogmatic, downright, emphatic, explicit, explicitly, flat, flatly, formal, much, on the dead, peremptorily, peremptory, plump, positive, positively, simply, Square, stiff, unanswerable, unbending, unqualified), curat (absolute, bald, blank, clean, cleanly, clearly, fair, faultless, fine, fresh, genuine, honest, immaculate, neat, orderly, Plumb, pristine, pure, raw, sheer, simple, sincere, snowy, snug, stainless, stark, straight, tidy, white), curãţa (brush, brush up, burnish, clean, cleanse, demolish, do, dredge, dress, dust, furbish, Gill, grub, mop, mop up, pick, purge, purify, refine, rid, rinse, scavenge, scoop, scour, scrub, skin, trim, wash, wipe), complet (absolute, all out, broad, collected, complement, complete, completely, comprehensive, dead, down to the ground, downright, entire, entirely, every bit, every inch, exhaustive, fairly, flat, full, fully, good, hollow, outright, perfect, purely, quite, stark, strict, suite, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, to the bone, total, unabridged, utter, utterly, whole), clar (apparent, apparently, articulate, banner, bright, broad, clean, clear-cut, clearly, comprehensible, decided, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicit, express, fair, flat, formal, Frank, incisive, legible, level headed, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, obviously, palpable, patently, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plainly, precise, pure, serene, simple, sound, tangible, terse, unequivocal, unmistakable), câştiga netto, câştiga beneficiu net, clarifica (account for, bring out, clarify, clear up, define, disentangle, dissolve, explain, find out, irradiate, point out), duce în afarã, edificat (enlightened, persuaded), da la o parte (bear away, bear off, disseize, move away, open, throw by, wedge off), elibera (clear out, deliver, discharge, disengage, emancipate, enfranchise, exonerate, free, give, issue, liberate, make out, manumit, privilege, ransom, release, remand, remit, rescue, rid, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unhand, unshackle, vacate), desluşit (distinct, distinctly, distinguishable, evident, intelligible, luminous, resolvedly), evacua (eject, evacuate, evict, loosen, oust, reject, remove), evident (apparent, apparently, broad, conspicuous, evident, explicit, it must be, manifestly, marked, nakedly, obvious, obviously, palpable, patent, patently, plain, prominent, sightly, visible), în întregime (all, all in all, bodily, completely, entirely, hard, in full, long, out and out, wholly), distinct (abstracted, definite, discrete, distinct, distinctly, peculiar, separate, unblurred), dispãrea (abscond, decamp, die, disappear, dissolve, do a guy, drop off, evanesce, evaporate, fade away, flee, fly, get out of sight, go out of sight, pass away, peter out, vanish), dezerta (desert, renegade), destupa (crack, uncork), desfunda (broach, open, stave in), descâlci (arrange, disembroil, disentangle), explicit (explicit, explicitly, precise), defrişa (disafforest, disforest, grub, lift), expresiv (eloquent, expressive, graphic, graphical, graphically, nervous, significant, speaking, suggestive), articulat (articulate, jointed), ales (admirable, beau, choice, chosen, dainty, delicate, distinct, distinguished, elect, elective, excellent, exquisite, first rate, grand, high, lofty, picked, rare, remarkable, select, splendid, supreme), achita (acquit, defray, discharge, exonerate from, liquidate, pay, pay down, pay off, quit, receipt, remit, satisfy, Square, trace), întreg (complete, entire, exclusive, full, integer, integral, round, safe, sound, total, unabridged, unbroken, unimpaired, unit, whole), înlãtura (avert, brush aside, cast away, discard, dismiss, disseize, do away, do away with, eliminate, forbear, make a clean sweep of smth., move away, obviate, overbear, preclude, remove, save, seclude, supersede, supplant, take away, throw by), îndepãrta (avert, carry off, cast, chase away, clean, cut out, discard, dismiss, drive away, eliminate, estrange, fence off, lay, move away, remove, retire, ward off, withdraw), degaja (disengage, educe, emit, evolve, extricate, liberate, relieve, withdraw), senin (azure, broad, calm, cloudless, fair, fine, happy, mild, peace, serene, serenity, shiny, tranquil, unclouded, unruffled), evita (avoid, balk, baulk, berth, by pass, dodge, elide, elude, escape, eschew, evade, finesse, fly, forbear, keep from, Parry, pass off, put off, save, shun, spare), pãrãsi (abandon, cast off, cease, desert, drop, evacuate, fail, flee, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, surrender, throw, vacate), pãtrunzãtor (acute, astute, clear-sighted, comprehensive, deep, deeply, discerning, harsh, high pitched, in-going, keen, loud, Parky, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, quick, rich, sagacious, screaming, searching, sharp, shrewd, shrill, strident, subtle, thrilling, touching), plãti o taxã vamalã, pur (absolute, chaste, clean, fine, genuine, immaculate, mere, modest, pure, sheer, simple, stainless, unmixed, virginal, white), obţine un profit net, sãri peste (overleap), neted (even, evenly, flat, flush, lank, level ground, plain, plane, polished, sleek, slick, smooth, smooth-faced, smoothly), strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), strãveziu (bright, fine-spun, gauzy, lucent, pellucid, perspicuous, pure, semipellucid, translucent, transpicuous), transparent (fine-spun, flimsy, gauzy, glasslike, glassy, hyaloid, lucent, pellucid, perspicuous, thin, translucent, transparent), trece pe lângã (pass), trece peste (bestride, bridge, draw, get over, go over, jump, override, overrule, overrun, pass over, span, stride, surmount, tread), uşor de înţeles, risipi (broadcast, cast away, chase, chuck away, consume, crumble, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, quiet, remove, repel, riot, scatter, settle, solve, spend, sprinkle, squander, strew, throw away, vanish, waste), limpede (avowedly, bright, crystal, definite, distinct, evident, expressly, fair, honest, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, manifestly, nakedly, obvious, overt, patently, perspicuous, perspicuously, plain, precise, pure, serene, sheer, sure), fãrã obstacole (open), goli (clean, deplenish, deplete, drain, empty, evacuate, exhaust, let out, relax, shoot, void). (various references) | |
Russian | выяснять (bring to light, clear up, enucleate, explore the matter, get at, go into the matter, have out, inquire into, study out, thrash out), понятный (apprehensible, aprehensible, cogitable, coherent, comprehensible, foolproof, intelligible, lucid, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, straight-forward, transparent, understandable), прозрачный (crystal, crystalline, diaphanous, gauzy, limpid, lucent, lucid, pellucid, serene, sheer, transparent, transpicuous), прорежать, просвет (air gap, clearance, road clearance), прояснять (clarify, demystify), проясняться (become clear, clear up), заносить нуль, опорожнять (clean out, clear out, deplenish, empty, evacuate, void), очищать (brighten, chasten, clarify, clean, clean out, cleanse, decontaminate, defecate, depurate, deterge, distil, edulcorate, evacuate, mop up, purge, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, scoured, scouring, scours), перепрыгивать (hop, overjump, overleap, vault over), освобождать (absolve, acquit, affranchise, deallocate, deliver, disembarrass, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, excuse, exonerate, free up, let out, liberate, loosing, make free, make room, manumit, release, relieve, relinquish, rid, set at large, set free, unallocate, unbind, unchain, unfetter, uninstall, unshackle, vacate, vacated, vacating, vocate), ясный (articulate, clean-cut, clear-cut, cloudless, definite, direct, distinct, fine, lucid, matter of course, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, pronounced, self-explanatory, unshadowed, vivid), толковый (explanatory, intelligible, on the ball), целый (all, entire, even, intact, integral, livelong, unbroken, undivided, whole), чистый (bare, clean, crystal, fresh, maiden, native, net, pristine, pure, royal blue, unalloyed, unblended), совершенно (absolutely, at all, clean, completely, down to the ground, entirely, outright, perfectly, quite, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughout, utterly), светлый (bright, fair, light, lucid, roseate), свободный (at liberty, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, free-hand, immune, leisurely, loose, open, quit, roomy, spare, unbound, unhampered, uninhibited, unoccupied, unstuck, vacant), убирать (clear away, clear out, furl, put away, remove, take away, tidy up), яркий (bright, colorable, colorful, colourful, distinct, flare, gay, glaring, glowing, lucid, pictorial, picturesque, plain, psychedelic, shiny, showy, sinewy, sunbright, vivid, zippy), ясно (articulately, avowedly, clearly, definitely, distinctly, expressly, it is clear, perspicuously, plain), ясно слышный, очищать;очистка;чистый;ясн/о/ый. (various references) | |
Scottish | soilleir (bright, evident, limpid, transparent, visible). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | probiti (break out, break through, cleave, come through, elbow, fight, force, go through, penetrate, pierce, plow, poke, ram, run through, stave in, thrust, wedge), bistar (bright, comprehensive, limpid, nimble, orient, pellucid), iskrčiti (stub), izražen (conspicuous), jasan (bright, broad, distinct, downright, manifest, obvious, perspicuous, plain, sharp cut, vivid), jasno (clearly, distinctly, manifestly, obviously, plain, plainly), očistiti (clean, clean off, cleanse, do away, expurgate, purge, scavenge, scour, shine, swab), čist (clean, fine, fresh, limpid, mere, neat, net, plain, pure, sheer, spotless, tidy, unadulterated, unmixed, unspotted), pregledan (examined, inspected, lucid, revised), zvučan (loud, resonant, ringing, sonant, soniferous, sonorous, tonic, tuning, voiced), prokrčiti (ram), providan (gauzy, limpid, pellucid, perspicuous, transparent), raščistiti (clear off, cut away, disperse), razgovetan (distinct, perspicuous, sharp cut), razgovetno (clearly, plain), skloniti (clear away, dismount, hide, lay by, put away, refuge, remove, take away), vedar (cheerful, cloudless, fair, gamesome, light, lighthearted, merry, serene, unclouded), opravdati (account, acquit, excuse, justify, legitimate, vindicate, warrant). (various references) | |
Spanish | claro (apparent, break, bright, bright interval, broad, celestial, clean-cut, clear-cut, clearing, clearly, crystal clear, dainty, definite, direct, discharged, distinct, evident, fair, gap, glade, it is clear, light, lightsome, liquid, obvious, of course, opening, pellucid, plain, precise, rift, sure, thin, transparent, unshadowed, weak), limpio (chaste, clean, cleanly, fair, fairly, Frank, fresh, incautious, net, over the counter, pure, taintless, tidy, transparent, unpolluted), evidente (apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, blatant, distinct, evident, manifest, noticeable, obvious, open and shut, overt, palpable, patent, plain, plain as a pikestaff, positive, self evident, self-apparent). (various references) | |
Swedish | klar (bright, clear-cut, distinct, explicit, limpid, liquid, lucid, luminous, obvious, patent, perspicuous, plain, ready, set, sharp, Square, undoubted), tydlig (apparent, articulate, direct, distinct, distinguishable, emphatic, evident, explicit, express, fair, legible, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, patent, perspicuous, plain, pronounced, sharp, simple, unmistakable, visible), redig (lucid, orderly, plain), röja (betray, display, divulge, expose, grub, reveal, thin), ljus (blond, bright, candela, candle, candlepower, fair, fair-haired, gay, glim, light, lights, lightsome, lucid, luminary, luminous, pale), klart (clearly, patently, plain), klarna (brighten, clarify), åskådlig (graphic). (various references) | |
Tagalog | maliwánag (distinct, obvious, plain), malínaw (distinct, obvious, plain). (various references) | |
Thai | เคลียร์ริ่งเช็ค, ชัดเจน (apparent, apparently, articulate, bold, clean-cut, lively, luculent, obvious, tangible), ทำให้ชัดเจน (attest), ทำให้สะอาด (cleanse), ที่เข้าใจง่าย, ที่ไม่มีเมฆหรือหมอก, ที่รับรู้ได้ดี, กลายเป็นชัดเจน, อย่างชัดเจน (clearly, evidently), อย่างทั้งหมด. (various references) | |
Turkish | berrak (bright, brillant, crystalline, distinct, just, limpid, liquid, lucent, lucid, obvious, pellucid, plain, serene, silvery, speaking, unclouded). (various references) | |
Turkmen | pдk (clean, pure), durlamak (make still), dьюnьkli (understandable). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | виразний (appellative, apt, articulate, audible, bold, concise, eloquent, emphatic, emphatical, expressional, expressive, impressive, legible, meaningful, nervous, orotund, pronounced, pure, sharp, speaking, talking), пояснювати (account, account for, analogize, attribute, authorize, comment, construe, elucidate, explain, illustrate, rationalize, show, translate), прозорий (bright, crystal clear, crystalline, glassy, gossamer, hyaline, limpid, liquid, pellucid, perspicuous, see through, sheer, transparent, unclouded), логічний (argumentative, consequent, logical), зовсім (altogether, any, at all, outright, shrewdly, utterly, wholly), звільняти (absolve, acquit, affranchise, avoid, bag, cashier, defecate, disband, disencumber, disengage, dismiss, ease, eject, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, exonerate, free, let out, loose, manumit, purify, release, remit, rescue, rid, set free, supersede, unfetter, unshackle, untie, vacate), зрозумілий (apprehensible, coherent, comprehensible, conceivable, fool-proof, intelligible, legible, lucid, natural, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, transparent, understandable, understood), дзвінкий (clinking, ding-dong, resonant, ringing, silver, sonant, tinkling, voiced), очищатися (defecate, refine), ясно (brightly, clearly, evidently, explicitly, fair, finely, neatly, obviously, plain, roger, serenely), цілком (absolutely, all, all in all, all of, all out, altogether, at all, bodily, broad, clean, completely, duly, en bloc, entirely, fairly, full, fully, hollow, nicely, outright, perfectly, pure, purely, quite, richly, soundly, thoroughly, well, wholly), цілковито, чистий (absolute, austere, blank, bright, chaste, childlike, clean, cleanly, crystal, immaculate, native, neat, net, pristine, pure, silvery, spotless, unadulterated, unalloyed, unsophisticated, virginal, white), розчищати (stub), світлий (blonde, bright, candid, light, lightsome, whitish), ясний (articulate, categorical, clean-cut, cloudless, coherent, definite, determinate, distinct, elegant, explicative, explicatory, fine, limpid, lucid, neat, nude, obvious, orotund, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, robust, trenchant), очищати (alcoholize, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, defecate, depurate, deterge, fine, outwash, purge, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, scale, weed). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | toàn bộ (all, ensemble, entire, entirely, global, in toto, integer, lump, overall, total, totality, whole, wholly), ở xa (afar, beyond, outlying), dễ hiểu thông trống, giũ sạch, hẳn tách ra, không viết bằng số hoặc mật mã, đủ (adequate, enough), rõ ràng hoàn toàn, xa ra (asunder, away), trọn chắc, tròn (circular), trang trải hết trọn vẹn, trong (in, limpid, pellucid, pure, serene), trong sạch sáng sủa, trong trẻo (limpid), ra rời. (various references) | |
Welsh | clir (distinct, plain). (various references) | |
Wolof | setna (is clear). (various references) | |
Yucatec | saas (distinct, obvious, plain), hanil (clean, distinct, obvious, plain, pure). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | dadag, tan. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | leukos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aperta, apertae, apertas, aperti, apertis, apertisque, aperto, apertoque, apertos, apertum, apertus, appareant, appareat, apparebant, apparebat, apparebit, apparebunt, apparens, apparente, apparentes, apparentibus, apparerent, appareret, apparet, candens, cata, clara, clare, clarissimus, clarius, claruit, clarus, declaratio, evidens, inclaruerat, inlustrem, inlustris, limpidae, limpidissimam, limpidissimos, limpido, limpidus, lucida, lucidissimum, lucidius, lucidum, lucidus, manifesta, manifestae, manifestam, manifeste, manifesti, manifesto, manifestos, manifestum, manifestus, perspicuum, perspicuus, praeclarior, pura, puram, puras, purior, purissimam, purissimas, purissimi, purissimo, purissimum, puritatem, puro, purum, purus, sereno, serenum, serenus, sinceres, sinceriter. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | geryman, scir. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | net, quite. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 51 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Legei autoiV o ihsouV sunhkate tauta panta legousin autw nai kurie |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Intellexistis haec omnia dicunt ei etiam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ongete ge ealle þas þing. þa cwæðenhyo, witodlice we hyt on-getað. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Han ye vndirstonde alle these thingis? Thei seien to hym, Yhe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Iesus sayde vnto them: vnderstonde ye all these thynges? They sayde ye Lorde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Jesus saith to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 51 |
| Cebuano | "Nakasabut ba kamo niining tanan?" Sila mitubag, "Oo." |
| Chinese | 耶 穌 說 、 這 一 切 的 話 你 們 都 明 白 了 麼 . 他 們 說 、 我 們 明 白 了 、 |
| Croatian | "Jeste li sve ovo razumjeli?" Odgovore mu: "Jesmo." |
| Danish | Have I forstået alt dette?" De sige til ham: "Ja." |
| Dutch | En Jezus zeide tot hen: Hebt gij dit alles verstaan? Zij zeiden tot Hem: Ja, Heere! |
| Finnish | Oletteko ymmärtäneet tämän kaiken?" He vastasivat hänelle: "Olemme". |
| French | Avez-vous compris toutes ces choses? -Oui, répondirent-ils. |
| German | Und Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Habt ihr das alles verstanden? Sie sprachen: Ja, HERR. |
| Haitian Creole | Jezi mande disip li yo: Eske nou konprann tou sa? Yo reponn: Wi. |
| Hungarian | Monda nékik Jézus: Megértettétek-é mindezeket? Mondának néki: Megértettük Uram. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Apakah kalian mengerti semuanya itu?" tanya Yesus. "Mengerti Pak!" jawab mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sudahkah kamu mengerti segala perkara ini?" Maka jawab mereka itu kepada-Nya, "Mengerti." |
| Italian | Avete capito tutte queste cose?». Gli risposero: «Sì». |
| Manx Gaelic | Dooyrt Yeesey roo, Vel shiu er hoiggal ooilley ny reddyn shoh? Dooyrt adsyn rish, Ta shin, Hiarn. |
| Maori | Ka mea a Ihu ki a ratou, Kua matau ranei koutou ki enei mea katoa? Ka mea ratou ki a ia, Ae, e te Ariki. |
| Norwegian | Har I forstått alt dette? De sier til ham: Ja. |
| Portuguese | Entendestes todas estas coisas? Disseram-lhe eles: Entendemos. |
| Rumanian | ,,Ayi knyeles voi toate aceste lucruri?`` i -a kntrebat Isus. -,,Da, Doamne``, I-au rqspuns ei. |
| Shuar | Jesus nuna tinia amuk "¿Ju mash antukurmek?' Tímiayi. Tutai ni unuiniamuri "Ee, Uunta, Ashí antukji" tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | ¿Habéis entendido todas estas cosas? Ellos le dijeron: --Sí. |
| Swahili | Yesu akawauliza, "Je, mmeelewa mambo haya yote?" Wakamjibu, "Naam." |
| Swedish | Haven I förstått allt detta?" De svarade honom: "Ja." |
| Uma | Oti toe, Yesus mpekune' -ra ana'guru-na, na'uli': "Ha nipaha wa lolita rapa' -ku toe-e we'i lau?" Ratompoi': "Kipaha moto." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "clear": clearable, clearance, clearances, cleared, clearer, clearers, clearest, clearheaded, clearheadedly, clearheadedness, clearheadednesses, clearing, clearinghouse, clearinghouses, clearings, clearly, clearness, clearnesses, clears, clearstories, clearstory, clearwing, clearwings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "clear": antinuclear, extranuclear, homonuclear, internuclear, macronuclear, mononuclear, multinuclear, nonnuclear, nuclear, overclear, photonuclear, polymorphonuclear, polynuclear, preclear, pronuclear, subnuclear, thermonuclear, unclear. (additional references) | |
Words containing "clear": denuclearization, denuclearizations, denuclearize, denuclearized, denuclearizes, denuclearizing, mononuclears, overcleared, overclearing, overclears, polymorphonuclears, preclearance, preclearances, precleared, preclearing, preclears, unclearer, unclearest. (additional references) | |
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"Clear" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alear, calcar, Calea, Calearo, cea, cear, Ceara, Cearl, cearn, ceaz, cebar, ceir, Celal, celam, celar, celare, Celauro, celer, cerar, cewar, chear, Chevara, Claar, claeg, clair, clar, clard, clarn, clatar, clea, clead, cleaf, cleak, cleard, cleari, cleary, cleel, cleer, Cleere, clei, cleir, cler, clere, clero, clia, cliar, clier, clir, clira, clire, clur, coera, colea, coleer, coleur, Colyear, Crear, Cregar, Crerar, Elcar, Klar, klear, kleetra, kler, Kolesar, Mcclear. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "clear" (pronounced kli"r) |
| 4 | k l i" r | unclear. |
| 3 | -l i" r | bandolier, cavalier, chandelier, Chevalier, fleer, gondolier, Lear. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: carle, lacer. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-r" | |
-1 letter: acre, alec, care, carl, earl, lace, lear, race, rale, real. | |
-2 letters: ace, ale, arc, are, car, cel, ear, era, lac, lar, lea, rec. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, ar, el, er, la, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-r" | |
+1 letter: calker, caller, calmer, carcel, carles, carpel, carrel, cartel, carvel, cellar, cereal, claret, claver, clawer, clears, coaler, cradle, credal, eclair, lacers, lacier, lacker, lancer, marcel, oracle, parcel, placer, rackle, recall, reclad, recoal, rectal, relace, scaler, sclera. | |
+2 letters: acerola, article, auricle, becrawl, blacker, cackler, cajoler, caldera, caliber, calibre, caliper, calkers, callers, calorie, caloyer, cameral, candler, caramel, caravel, carcels, careful, cariole, carless, carline, caroled, caroler, carpale, carpels, carrell, carrels, cartels, carvels, caulker, caviler, cellars, central, ceramal, cereals, charley, charlie, charnel, cholera, chorale, choreal, clabber, clacker, claimer, clamber, clammer, clamper, clanger, clapper, claquer, clarets, claries, claroes, clasher, clasper, classer, clatter, clavers, clavier, clawers, clayier, cleaner, cleared, clearer, clearly, cleaver, coalers, coalier, coracle, corneal, craaled, crackle, cradled, cradler, cradles, crankle, crawled, crawler, creedal, crestal, curable, declare, decrial, earlock, eclairs, escolar, glacier, glancer, gracile, grackle, hackler, lackers, lacquer, lancers, larceny, larches, leacher, locater, loricae, lucarne, marcels, miracle, nuclear, ocellar, oracles, parcels, percale, placers, plectra, prelacy, radicel, radicle, recalls, recital, reclaim, reclame, reclasp, reclean, recoals, recusal, relaced, relaces, replace, replica, rescale, scalare, scalers, scalier, scalper, scarlet, sclerae, scleral, scleras, secular, slacker, solacer, tackler, trachle, treacle, treacly, unclear, valeric. | |
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