| VERB | communication | clear up, clarify, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | clear up, get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, finish up | finish a task completely | |
| change | clear up, clear | free (the throat) by making a rasping sound | |
| weather | clear up, clear, light up, brighten | become clear | |
| cognition | clear up, clear, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity |
| Meaning | make clear and (more) comprehensible. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | clarify, elucidate | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Opposite | obfuscate | make obscure or unclear |
| Spanish | aclarar, clarificar, dilucidar, elucidar, esclarecer, explicar | |
| Catalan | aclarir, clarificar, dilucidar, elucidar, esclarir | |
| Meaning | Finish a task completely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, finish up | |
| Narrower | cap off | Finish or complete, as with some decisive action / action |
| Broader | complete, finish | Come or bring to a finish or an end / end |
| Spanish | acabar con, rematar, terminar | |
| Catalan | acabar, rematar | |
| Meaning | Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | clear | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Spanish | aclarar, clarificar, despejar, retirar, solucionar | |
| Catalan | aclarir, clarificar, enretirar, resoldre, solucionar | |
| Meaning | Become clear. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; It is ----ing | |
| Synonyms | clear, light up, brighten | |
| Opposite | overcast, cloud | make overcast or cloudy |
| Spanish | abrir, aclararse, aclarar, despejarse, despejar, mejorar, salir el sol, salir el so | |
| Catalan | aclarir-se, asserenar-se, desemboirar-se, desencapotar-se, esclarir-se, millorar, obrir-se, obrir, sortir el sol | |
| Meaning | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity; make clear. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Clear up the question of who is at fault" | |
| Synonyms | clear, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate | |
| Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible |
| Spanish | aclarar, clarificar, cristalizar, dilucidar, esclarecer, explicar | |
| Catalan | dilucidar, esclarir | |
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