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Etymology

Middle English clere < from Anglo-Norman cler from Old French cler (Modern French clair) < Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

clear (comparative clearer, superlative clearest)

  1. Completely transparent in colour
    as clear as crystal
  2. Bright, not dark or obscured.
    The windshield was clear and clean.
    Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation.
  3. Free of obstacles.
    The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear.
    The coast is clear.
  4. Without clouds.
    clear weather, a clear day
  5. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
    He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.
    Do I make myself clear? Crystal clear.
  6. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
    a clear conscience
  7. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
  8. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.

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Derived terms

terms derived from adjective clear

Adverb

clear (not comparable)

  1. All the way; entirely.
    I threw it clear across the river to the other side.
  2. Not near something or touching it.
    Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.

Translations

all the way
  • Bulgarian: съвсем bg(bg), напълно bg(bg)
  • Chinese: 完全地, 十足地
not near or touching something
  • Bulgarian: покрай bg(bg)
  • Czech: mimo cs(cs)
  • Dutch: weg van nl(nl)

Verb

to clear (third-person singular simple present clears, present participle clearing, simple past and past participle cleared)

  1. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments.
    Clear the way.
  2. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
  3. (transitive) To remove from suspicion; especially of having committed a crime
    The court cleared the man of murder.
  4. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
    The door just barely clears the table as it closes.
  5. (intransitive) To become clear.
    After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
  6. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
    The check might not clear for a couple of days.
  7. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
    He's been clearing seven thousand a week.
  8. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

Derived terms

Translations

to remove obstructions or impediments
  • Bulgarian: разчиствам bg(bg)
  • Czech: vyčistit cs(cs)
  • Danish: bane da(da)
  • Dutch: ontruimen nl(nl), ruimen nl(nl), vrijmaken nl(nl)
  • Finnish: raivata fi(fi), selvittää fi(fi)
  • German: räumen de(de), freiräumen de(de)
  • Hebrew: פינה he(he) (piná)
  • Scots: redd
  • Slovene: očistiti
  • Spanish: despejar es(es), desobstruir es(es)
to eliminate ambiguity or doubt; to clarify
  • Bulgarian: изяснявам bg(bg)
  • Czech: vyjasnit cs(cs)
  • Danish: opklare da(da)
  • Dutch: verduidelijken nl(nl), verklaren nl(nl)
  • Finnish: selventää fi(fi)
  • German: klären de(de), aufklären de(de), abklären de(de), ausräumen de(de)
to remove from suspicion
to pass without interference to miss
  • Danish: gå fri af
to become clear
  • German: klar werden de(de)
  • Hebrew: התבהר he(he) (hitbahér)
  • Scottish Gaelic: soilleirich gd(gd)
  • Slovene: razjasniti se, zjasniti se
  • Spanish: despejarse es(es), aclararse es(es)
to go through as payment
  • Danish: gennemføre
  • Dutch: verrekenen nl(nl)
  • Finnish: selvittää fi(fi)
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • French: débarrasser
  • Indonesian: membersihkan, menghapus, menjadi jernih
  • Japanese: 取り除く (とりのぞく, tori-nozoku), 透明になる (とうめいになる, tōmei ni naru)
  • Turkish: (bir şeyin)önündeki engelleri kaldırmak, açıklığa kavuşturmak, üzerindeki şüpheyi kaldırmak, ıskalamak, yanından geçmek, netleştirmek, (takas) sonuçlanmak

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