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Definition: Clear

Clear

Adjective

1. 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".

Adverb

1. 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".

Noun

1. 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".

Verb

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Clear

DomainDefinition

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Clear

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CLEAR

EnglishCampaign for lead free airN/A
CLEnglishClearComputing

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Clear

Synonyms: 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)

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Synonyms within Context: Clear

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Clear

English words defined with "clear": clear and present danger, Clear days, Clear stuff, clear the air, clear the throat, clear up, crystal clearThe 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)

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Modern Usage: Clear

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Clear

DomainTitle

References

  • Clear Channel Communications, Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • Logic for Lawyers : A Guide to Clear Legal Thinking (reference)

  • Reason to Write: Help Your Child Succeed in School and in Life Through Better Reasoning and Clear Communication (reference)

  • The Elements of Business Writing: A Guide to Writing Clear, Concise Letters, Memos, Reports, Proposals, and Other Business Documents (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Clear

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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.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Clear
 

"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)."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Clear".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
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.

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Familiar Quotations: Clear

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Historic Usage: Clear

AuthorDateQuotation

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Clear

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Clear

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Spoken Usage: Clear

SpeakerPhrase(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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Clear

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929This Administration has come into power with a very clear and definite mandate from the people.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953The Congress has a clear responsibility to meet this challenge with courage and determination.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Nevertheless, 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

1963-1969One result of our stand in Vietnam is already clear.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974However, I want the record to be completely clear on one point.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981At long last, we must have a clear, comprehensive energy policy for the United States.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Let's be clear about where the deficit problem comes from.

George Bush

1989-1993Let me make clear what I mean by the region's stability and security.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001I have made it abundantly clear that it should be a part of our trade agenda.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Rarely has the world faced a choice more clear or consequential.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Clear

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)80.29%19,416460
Lexical Verb (infinitive)13.53%3,2722,912
Lexical Verb (base form)6.16%1,4895,464
                    Total100.00%24,181N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Clear

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ClearLast name1,00015,232
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Clear

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "clear".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
JezoarN/ABiblical

Clear

ClaraFemaleEnglish

Clear

ClareFemaleEnglish

Clear

ClariceFemaleEnglish

Clear

ClarissaFemaleEnglish

Clear

ClaireFemaleFrench

Clear

ClarisseFemaleFrench

Clear

ClaraFemaleGerman

Clear

ClaraFemaleItalian

Clear

ClarissaFemaleItalian

Clear

ClaraFemalePortuguese

Clear

ClaraFemaleRomanian

Clear

KlairFemaleScandinavian

Clear

ClaraFemaleSpanish

Clear

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Clear

CountryName
USA

Clear Channel Communications, Incorporated

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Clear


1. Clear, AK
Zip Code(s): 99704
Country: USA

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Expressions: Clear

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Clear

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Clear

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Clear

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

dadag, tan. (various references)

Greek700 BCE-300 CE

leukos. (various references)

Latin500 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 English450-1100

geryman, scir. (various references)

Old French900-1400

net, quite. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Clear

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 13, Verse 51
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintLegei autoiV o ihsouV sunhkate tauta panta legousin autw nai kurie
Latin405VulgateIntellexistis haec omnia dicunt ei etiam
Old English990West SaxonOngete ge ealle þas þing. þa cwæðenhyo, witodlice we hyt on-getað.
Middle English1395WyclifHan ye vndirstonde alle these thingis? Thei seien to hym, Yhe.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleIesus sayde vnto them: vnderstonde ye all these thynges? They sayde ye Lorde.
Jacobean English1611King JamesJesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
Victorian English1833WebsterJesus saith to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord.
Basic English1964OgdenAre all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Clear

LanguageMatthew 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."
DanishHave I forstået alt dette?" De sige til ham: "Ja."
DutchEn Jezus zeide tot hen: Hebt gij dit alles verstaan? Zij zeiden tot Hem: Ja, Heere!
FinnishOletteko ymmärtäneet tämän kaiken?" He vastasivat hänelle: "Olemme".
FrenchAvez-vous compris toutes ces choses? -Oui, répondirent-ils.
GermanUnd Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Habt ihr das alles verstanden? Sie sprachen: Ja, HERR.
Haitian CreoleJezi mande disip li yo: Eske nou konprann tou sa? Yo reponn: Wi.
HungarianMonda 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 LamaSudahkah kamu mengerti segala perkara ini?" Maka jawab mereka itu kepada-Nya, "Mengerti."
ItalianAvete capito tutte queste cose?». Gli risposero: «Sì».
Manx GaelicDooyrt Yeesey roo, Vel shiu er hoiggal ooilley ny reddyn shoh? Dooyrt adsyn rish, Ta shin, Hiarn.
MaoriKa mea a Ihu ki a ratou, Kua matau ranei koutou ki enei mea katoa? Ka mea ratou ki a ia, Ae, e te Ariki.
NorwegianHar I forstått alt dette? De sier til ham: Ja.
PortugueseEntendestes todas estas coisas? Disseram-lhe eles: Entendemos.   
Rumanian,,Ayi knyeles voi toate aceste lucruri?`` i -a kntrebat Isus. -,,Da, Doamne``, I-au rqspuns ei.
ShuarJesus 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.
SwahiliYesu akawauliza, "Je, mmeelewa mambo haya yote?" Wakamjibu, "Naam."
SwedishHaven I förstått allt detta?" De svarade honom: "Ja."
UmaOti 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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Clear

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Clear"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "clear" (pronounced kli"r)
4k l i" runclear.
3-l i" rbandolier, cavalier, chandelier, Chevalier, fleer, gondolier, Lear.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Clear

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Names: Frequency
18. Names: Derived from
19. Names: Company Usage
20. Cities
21. Expressions
22. Expressions: Internet
23. Translations: Modern
24. Translations: Ancient
25. Bible Trace
26. Abbreviations
27. Acronyms
28. Derivations
29. Rhymes
30. Anagrams
31. Bibliography


  

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