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CLR ( contraction used in electronics )
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Middle English clere , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Anglo-Norman cler , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old French cler (Modern French clair ), from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] 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 ” ) ). Cognate with Danish klar , Dutch klaar , French clair , German klar , Italian chiaro , Norwegian klar , Portuguese claro , Romanian clar , Spanish claro , and Swedish klar .
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
Adjective
clear (comparative clearer , superlative clearest )
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 .
1913 , Joseph C. Lincoln , chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients :Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path [ …] . It twisted and turned, [ …] and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.
Without clouds .
clear weather; a clear day
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Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
( meteorology ) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
Free of ambiguity or doubt .
He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.
Do I make myself clear ? Crystal clear .
I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean.
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders ”, in The Economist , volume 407 , number 8839 , page 52 :From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. [ …] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
Distinct , sharp , well-marked.
Synonym: conspicuous
( figuratively ) Free of guilt , or suspicion .
a clear conscience
1754 , Alexander Pope , “Verses occasioned by Mr. Addison's treatise of medals”, in Joseph Addison , Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals , page 5:Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, / In action faithful, and in honour clear
( of a soup ) Without a thickening ingredient.
Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus .
clear of texture; clear of odor
( Scientology ) Free from the influence of engrams ; see Clear (Scientology) .
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
a clear intellect; a clear head
1667 , John Milton , “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. [ … ] , London: [ … ] [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] ; [ a] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] ; [ a] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] , →OCLC :Mother of Science, Now I feel thy Power / Within me cleere , not onely to discerne / Things in thir Causes, but to trace the wayes / Of highest Agents
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
c. 1610–1611 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “The Winters Tale ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act I, scene ii] :
with a countenance as clear / As friendship wears at feasts
Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
c. 1708 Alexander Pope “Ode On St. Cecilia's Day”:
Hark! the numbers, soft and clear / Gently steal upon the ear
Unmixed; entirely pure.
clear sand
Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
a clear complexion; clear lumber
Without diminution; in full; net .
a clear profit
1728 , Jonathan Swift “Horace, Lib . 2, Sat . 6”:
I often wished that I had clear / For life, six hundred pounds a year
Synonyms
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Translations
transparent in colour
Arabic: شَفّاف ( šaffāf )
Armenian: ջինջ (hy) ( ǰinǰ )
Azerbaijani: aydın (az) , işıqlı (az) , nurlu
Bashkir: асыҡ ( asıq )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: чы́сты ( čýsty ) , празры́сты ( prazrýsty )
Bulgarian: чист (bg) ( čist ) , прозрачен (bg) ( prozračen )
Cebuano: tin-aw
Chinese:
Mandarin: 透明 (zh) ( tòumíng )
Czech: čirý
Danish: klar (da) , gennemsigtig (da)
Dutch: doorzichtig (nl) , klaar (nl) , doorschijnend (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kirkas (fi) , läpinäkyvä (fi)
French: clair (fr) , transparent (fr)
Friulian: clâr
Galician: claro , transparente
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: klar (de) , durchsichtig (de)
Greek: διαφανής (el) ( diafanís )
Hebrew: צָלוּל (he) ( tzalul )
Irish: glan (ga)
Italian: trasparente (it)
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Japanese: 透明な (ja) ( とうめいな, tōmei na )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 투명하다 (ko) ( tumyeonghada )
Latgalian: gīdrs
Latvian: dzidrs , skaidrs
Malay: jelas (ms)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: klar (no) , gjennomsiktig (no)
Pashto: روڼ (ps) ( ruṇ ) , څرګند ( śargand )
Portuguese: translúcido (pt) , transluzente , claro (pt) ( chiefly of water )
Quechua: q'ispi , ch'uwa
Romanian: clar (ro) , limpede (ro)
Romansch: ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader ) cler , ( Sursilvan ) clar , clar , cler
Russian: чи́стый (ru) ( čístyj ) , прозра́чный (ru) ( prozráčnyj )
Scots: clair
Scottish Gaelic: soilleir
Spanish: transparente (es) , claro (es)
Swedish: klar (sv) , genomskinlig (sv)
Telugu: వర్ణరహితము ( varṇarahitamu )
Thai: ใส (th) ( sǎi )
Ukrainian: чи́стий ( čýstyj ) , прозо́рий ( prozóryj )
Vietnamese: trong (vi)
Yiddish: קלאָר ( klor )
bright, not obscured
Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: زاهر ( zāhir )
Armenian: ջինջ (hy) ( ǰinǰ )
Bashkir: яҡты ( yaqtı )
Belarusian: я́сны ( jásny ) , чы́сты ( čýsty ) , све́тлы ( svjétly )
Bulgarian: ясен (bg) ( jasen ) , светъл (bg) ( svetǎl )
Catalan: clar (ca)
Cebuano: tin-aw
Chamicuro: tsenewa
Danish: klar (da)
Dutch: helder (nl) , klaar (nl)
Finnish: kirkas (fi)
French: clair (fr)
Friulian: clâr
Galician: claro
German: klar (de) , hell (de)
Greek: διαυγής (el) ( diavgís )
Hebrew: נָקִי (he) ( nakí )
Hungarian: tiszta (hu)
Italian: chiaro (it)
Japanese: 澄み切った ( すみきった, sumikitta )
Korean: 맑은 ( malgeun )
Latin: clārus (la)
Latvian: dzidrs , skaidrs
Luxembourgish: kloer
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Malay: jelas (ms)
Norwegian: klar (no) , ren
Pashto: روڼ (ps) ( ruṇ ) , څرګند ( śargand )
Portuguese: claro (pt)
Romanian: clar (ro) , limpede (ro) , senin (ro)
Romansch: ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader ) cler , ( Sursilvan ) clar , clar , cler
Russian: я́сный (ru) ( jásnyj ) , чи́стый (ru) ( čístyj ) , све́тлый (ru) ( svétlyj )
Sardinian: ciaru , claru , craru , giaru
Scots: clair
Scottish Gaelic: soilleir
Serbo-Croatian: čȉst (sh) , чи̏ст
Sicilian: chiaru (scn)
Slovene: číst (sl)
Spanish: claro (es)
Swedish: klar (sv) , ren (sv)
Telugu: స్పష్టము (te) ( spaṣṭamu )
Thai: กระจ่างแจ้ง , ชัดเจน (th) ( chát-jeen )
Ukrainian: я́сний (uk) ( jásnyj ) , ясни́й (uk) ( jasnýj ) , чи́стий ( čýstyj ) , сві́тлий (uk) ( svítlyj )
Venetian: ciaro (vec)
Yiddish: קלאָר ( klor )
without clouds
Abkhaz: аҵәца́ ( acʷʼcá )
Armenian: ջինջ (hy) ( ǰinǰ )
Bashkir: аяҙ ( ayaź )
Bulgarian: ясен (bg) ( jasen )
Catalan: clar (ca)
Cebuano: tin-aw
Chinese:
Mandarin: 晴朗 (zh) ( qínglǎng )
Czech: jasný (cs)
Danish: klar (da)
Dutch: helder (nl) , onbewolkt (nl) , wolkenloos (nl)
Finnish: kirkas (fi) , pilvetön (fi) , selkeä (fi) , kuulas (fi)
French: dégagé (fr) , clair (fr)
Galician: limpo (gl) , claro , aberto (gl)
German: klar (de) , heiter (de) , wolkenlos (de)
Greek: καθαρός (el) ( katharós ) , ασυννέφιαστος (el) ( asynnéfiastos )
Ancient: αἴθριος ( aíthrios )
Hebrew: בָּהִיר (he) ( bahír )
Hungarian: tiszta (hu)
Irish: glan (ga) , spéirghlan
Italian: chiaro (it) , sereno (it)
Japanese: 晴れた (ja) ( はれた, hareta ) , 晴朗な (ja) ( せいろうな, seirō na )
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Korean: 갠 ( gaen )
Latgalian: skaidrys
Latin: sūdus
Latvian: skaidrs , dzidrs
Lithuanian: giedras , skaidrus
Maori: takō , tiraki
Norwegian: klar (no)
Pashto: صفا (ps) ( safâ )
Polish: pogodny (pl)
Portuguese: limpo (pt) , claro (pt) , desnublado
Romanian: senin (ro) , limpede (ro)
Russian: я́сный (ru) ( jásnyj ) , чи́стый (ru) ( čístyj )
Scots: clair
Scottish Gaelic: soilleir
Slovene: jasen (sl)
Spanish: despejado (es) , claro (es)
Swedish: klar (sv)
Telugu: నిర్మలము (te) ( nirmalamu )
Thai: ปลอดโปร่ง ( bplɔ̀ɔt-bpròong ) , แจ่มใส (th) ( jɛ̀m-sǎi )
Yiddish: קלאָר ( klor )
free of ambiguity or doubt
Arabic: وَاضِح ( wāḍiḥ )
Armenian: պարզ (hy) ( parz )
Bashkir: асыҡ ( asıq ) , аныҡ ( anıq )
Bulgarian: несъмнен (bg) ( nesǎmnen )
Catalan: clar (ca)
Cebuano: tin-aw
Chinese:
Cantonese: 清楚 ( cing1 co2 )
Czech: jasný (cs)
Danish: klar (da) , tydelig
Dutch: duidelijk (nl)
Estonian: ilmne
Finnish: selvä (fi) , selkeä (fi) , yksikäsitteinen
French: clair (fr) , sans ambiguïté
Galician: claro
German: eindeutig (de) , deutlich (de)
Greek:
Ancient: σαφής ( saphḗs )
Hebrew: בָּרוּר (he) ( barúr )
Hungarian: világos (hu) , tiszta (hu)
Italian: chiaro (it)
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Korean: 명백한 ( myeongbaekhan )
Kurdish:
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Latgalian: skaidrys
Latin: clārus (la)
Latvian: skaidrs
Maori: mahuki
Norwegian: klar (no)
Occitan: clar (oc)
Polish: jasny (pl)
Portuguese: claro (pt)
Quechua: sut'i
Romanian: clar (ro) , limpede (ro)
Russian: я́сный (ru) ( jásnyj ) , я́вный (ru) ( jávnyj ) , поня́тный (ru) ( ponjátnyj ) , чёткий (ru) ( čótkij )
Scots: clair
Scottish Gaelic: soilleir
Slovene: jasen (sl)
Spanish: claro (es) , nítido (es) , obvio (es) , definido (es)
Swedish: klar (sv) , tydlig (sv)
Telugu: నిస్సందేహము (te) ( nissandēhamu )
Thai: ชัด (th) ( chát ) , ชัดเจน (th) ( chát-jeen )
free of guilt or suspicion
meteorology: less than 1/8 obscured by clouds
without a thickening ingredient
possessing little or no perceptible stimuli
scientology: free from the influence of engrams
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Adverb
clear (not comparable )
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.
free (or separate ) from others
2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC [1] :Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season.
( obsolete ) In a clear manner; plainly.
1667 , John Milton , “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. [ … ] , London: [ … ] [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] ; [ a] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] ; [ a] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] , →OCLC :Now clear I understand / What oft my steadiest thoughts have searched in vain
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Translations
not near or touching something
Verb
clear (third-person singular simple present clears , present participle clearing , simple past and past participle cleared )
( transitive ) To remove obstructions , impediments or other unwanted items from.
Police took two hours to clear the road.
If you clear the table, I'll wash up.
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“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, [ …] .
1715–8 , Matthew Prior , “Alma: or, The Progreſs of the Mind” in Poems on Several Occaſions (1741), canto III, p.297 :
Faith, Dick , I muſt confeſs, ‛tis true // (But this is only Entre Nous ) // That many knotty Points there are, // Which All diſcuſs, but Few can clear .
1963 , Margery Allingham , chapter 7, in The China Governess [2] :‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared . [ …] ’
2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion ”, in The Economist , volume 407 , number 8842 , page 29 :Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
( transitive ) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
Please clear all this stuff off the table.
The loggers came and cleared the trees.
1711 November 6, Joseph Addison , The Spectator No. 215:
[ …] Aristotle has brought to explain his Doctrine of Substantial Forms, when he tells us that a Statue lies hid in a Block of Marble; and that the Art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous Matter, and removes the Rubbish.
( intransitive ) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
When the road cleared we continued our journey.
After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
Shake the test tube well, and the liquid should slowly clear .
( transitive ) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve ; to clear up .
We need to clear this issue once and for all.
( transitive ) To remove from suspicion , especially of having committed a crime.
The court cleared the man of murder.
1713 , John Dryden , “Preface”, in Fables Antient and Modern :[ …] yet I appeal to the reader, and am sure he will clear me from Partiality.
1713 , Joseph Addison , Cato, a Tragedy , Act III, scene v:
How! Wouldst thou clear rebellion?
( transitive ) To pass without interference; to miss .
The door just barely clears the table as it closes.
The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.
( transitive , activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.
( transitive , video games ) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.
( 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.
1843 , Thomas Babington Macaulay , The History of England from the Accession of James II [3] , volume I, chapter V:The profit which she cleared on the cargo [ …] cannot be estimated at less than a thousand guineas.
( transitive ) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.
The marketing department has cleared the press release for publication.
( transitive ) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.
( intransitive ) To obtain a clearance .
The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.
( transitive ) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
1613 , Francis Bacon , The Eſſaies (second edition), essay 18: “Of Expences ”:
Beſides, he that cleares at once will relapſe: for finding himſelfe out of ſtraights, he will reuert to his cuſtomes. But hee that cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his Eſtate.
( transitive , intransitive , sports ) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball , puck ) away in order to defend one's goal.
The goalkeeper rushed foward to clear the ball.
A low cross came in, and Smith cleared .
2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1-0 Bolton”, in BBC [4] :Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.
( transitive , computing ) To reset or unset ; to return to an empty state or to zero .
to clear an array; to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value
( transitive , computing ) To style (an element within a document ) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
2010 , Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One For Dummies , page 290 :To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.
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Bulgarian: разчиствам (bg) ( razčistvam )
Czech: vyčistit (cs)
Danish: rydde
Dutch: ontruimen (nl) , ruimen (nl) , vrijmaken (nl)
Finnish: raivata (fi) , selvittää (fi)
German: räumen (de) , freiräumen
Hebrew: סילק \ סִלֵּק ( silék ) , פינה \ פִּנָּה (he) ( piná )
Japanese: 取り除く ( とりのぞく, torinozoku )
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Latin: diluo , mundo
Maori: whakaatea , wharo ( phlegm from the throat ) , wharowharo ( phelgm from the throat ) , pāhika ( weeds from a garden )
Portuguese: limpar (pt) , desobstruir
Russian: расчища́ть (ru) impf ( rasčiščátʹ ) , расчи́стить (ru) pf ( rasčístitʹ ) , очища́ть (ru) impf ( očiščátʹ ) , очи́стить (ru) pf ( očístitʹ )
Scots: redd
Slovene: očistiti
Spanish: despejar (es) , desobstruir (es)
to become clear or freed from obstructions
to eliminate ambiguity or doubt; to clarify
Bulgarian: изяснявам (bg) ( izjasnjavam )
Czech: vyjasnit
Danish: opklare
Dutch: verduidelijken (nl) , verklaren (nl)
Finnish: selventää (fi)
French: clarifier (fr)
German: klären (de) , aufklären (de) , abklären (de) , ausräumen
Greek: αποσαφηνίζω (el) ( aposafinízo ) , ξεκαθαρίζω (el) ( xekatharízo )
Hebrew: הִבְהִיר ( hivhír )
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Italian: chiarire (it)
Portuguese: clarear (pt)
Russian: разъясня́ть (ru) impf ( razʺjasnjátʹ ) , разъясни́ть (ru) pf ( razʺjasnítʹ ) , проясня́ть (ru) impf ( projasnjátʹ ) , проясни́ть (ru) pf ( projasnítʹ )
Scots: redd
Scottish Gaelic: soilleirich
Slovene: razjasniti , pojasniti
Spanish: aclarar (es) , clarificar (es) , esclarecer (es)
Swedish: klargöra (sv)
to pass without interference; to miss
to obtain permission to use a sample of copyrighted audio in another track
disengage oneself; become free
sports: to defend by moving the ball away from the defending goal
to fell all trees of a forest
computing: reset; return to zero
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Noun
clear (plural clears )
( carpentry ) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
a room ten feet square in the clear
( video games ) The completion of a stage or challenge , or of the whole game.
It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC ).
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