clearer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklɪɹɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklɪəɹə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: clear‧er
Noun[edit]
clearer (plural clearers)
- Someone who or something which clears.
- 1711 December 15, Joseph Addison; Richard Steele, “TUESDAY, December 4, 1711 [Julian calendar]”, in The Spectator, number 239; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:
- Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding.
- A tool by which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.
Adjective[edit]
clearer
- comparative form of clear: more clear