- analyze
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- define
- formulate
- interpret
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- clean
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On this page you’ll find 89 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to clarify, such as: analyze, clear up, define, formulate, interpret, and resolve.
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He clarified that he wasn’t talking about “the Al Capone situation, where you have someone who committed countless crimes and you decide to prosecute him for only the clearest violation that carries a sufficient penalty.”
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WORDS RELATED TO CLARIFY
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Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote
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clarify, clear up, elucidateverb
make clear and (more) comprehensible
«clarify the mystery surrounding her death»
Synonyms:
brighten, get through, enlighten, crystalize, clear up, crystalise, elucidate, illuminate, crystallize, sort out, polish off, clear, wrap up, mop up, finish up, crystallise, light up, finish off, straighten out, shed light onAntonyms:
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clarifyverb
make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
«clarify the butter»; «clarify beer»
Synonyms:
elucidate, clear upAntonyms:
obfuscate
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List of paraphrases for «clarify»:
clarifying, clarification, specify, elucidate, explain, clarified, clarifies, elucidation, clarity, clear, indicate, refine
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Eric Foley:
North Korea never goes out of its way to clarify for the rest of the world the titles, roles and responsibilities of anyone in North Korea. It considers confusing the rest of the world to be an important element of its security strategy, regime watchers are always left piecing clues together about who is in charge of what, and why, and for how long.
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Richard Burr:
The committee looks forward to receiving testimony from the former director on his role in the development of the intelligence community assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 US elections, and I am hopeful that he will clarify for the American people recent events that have been broadly reported in the media.
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Kevin Cramer:
The larger concern is what seems to be a lack of communication discipline coming out of the White House, i think some of that is driven by the desire to have an immediate response to everything. And you hate to have to clarify all the time. I’d prefer that they wait a couple of hours, half a day, and get everything right the first time so you don’t raise more suspicion.
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Alexander Lukashenko:
Our converted planes can also carry a nuclear warhead. You heard from the president of Russia about joint plans to create the appropriate infrastructure on the territory of Belarus. I just want to clarify: The entire infrastructure has been created and is ready.
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Scott Walker on Sunday:
But the one thing that I do want to clarify is I do think that there is some real frustration out there, it’s way you not only see his numbers up, you see some of the other candidates who have not run for office before. They’re angry at Washington. Heck, I’m angry at Washington. I’m angry at my own — my own party leadership, who told us they were going to repeal Obamacare and we still don’t see a bill on the desk of the President. I think that’s where the real frustration is.
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- пречиствам се, изяснявам се, пречиствам, избистрям се, изяснявам, избистрямBulgarian
- vyjasnit, objasnitCzech
- klarlæggeDanish
- pliklarigiEsperanto
- aclarar, clarificarSpanish
- شفافسازی کردنPersian
- selkeyttää, selkeytyä, seljetä, selventää, selvitäFinnish
- הבהירHebrew
- ڕوون کردنKurdish
- whakamārama, whakamahukiMāori
- verduidelijkenDutch
- clarear, aclarar, clarificarPortuguese
- ch’uyayachiyQuechua
- clarificaRomanian
- прояснить, чистить, проясниться, очищать, прояснятьRussian
- klargöra, tydliggöra, förtydligaSwedish
- స్పష్టీకరించుTelugu
- çözmek, halletmek, temizlenmek, temizlemek, arınmak, arındırmakTurkish
- clarifyUkrainian
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1 clear the air, clear up, elucidate, explain, explicate, illuminate, interpret, make plain, resolve, simplify, throw or shed light on
2 cleanse, purify, refine
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
clarify
( clarifies 3rd person present) ( clarifying present participle) ( clarified past tense & past participle ) To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
FORMAL verb
A bank spokesman was unable to clarify the situation. V n
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clarification ( clarifications plural) n-var
The union has written to Zurich asking for clarification of the situation.
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