clear
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French cler (modern: clair), from Latin clarus.
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[edit] Adjective
clear (comparative clearer, superlative clearest)
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- Completely transparent in colour
- as clear as crystal
- Bright, not dark or obscured.
- The windshield was clear and clean.
- Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation.
- Free of obstacles.
- The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear.
- The coast is clear.
- Without clouds.
- clear weather, a clear day
- Free of ambiguity or doubt.
- He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.
- Do I make myself clear? Crystal clear.
- (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- a clear conscience
- (meteorology) The sky is said to be clear, when less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
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terms derived from adjective clear
[edit] Translations
completely transparent in colour
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bright, not obscured
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free of obstacles
without clouds
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free of ambiguity or doubt
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free of guilt or suspicion
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[edit] Adverb
clear (not comparable)
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- All the way; entirely.
- I threw it clear across the river to the other side.
- Not near something or touching it.
- Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.
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all the way
[edit] Verb
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to clear (third-person singular simple present clears, present participle clearing, simple past and past participle cleared)
- (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments.
- Clear the way.
- (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
- (transitive) To remove from suspicion; especially of having committed a crime
- The court cleared the man of murder.
- (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- The door just barely clears the table as it closes.
- (intransitive) To become clear.
- After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
- (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.
- (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- He's been clearing seven thousand a week.
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to remove obstructions or impediments
to eliminate ambiguity or doubt; to clarify
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to remove from suspicion
to become clear
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to go through as payment
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