English > clarify: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | make clear and (more) comprehensible. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" |
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| Synonyms | clear up, elucidate |
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| Narrower | clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity |
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| demystify | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from |
| disambiguate | state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from |
| elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate | add details, as to an account or idea |
| Broader | explain, explicate | make plain and comprehensible |
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| Opposite | obfuscate | make obscure or unclear |
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| Spanish | aclarar, clarificar, dilucidar, elucidar, esclarecer, explicar |
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| Catalan | aclarir, clarificar, dilucidar, elucidar, esclarir |
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| Nouns | clarification | an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding |
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