What is "clarify" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does clarify mean in English? Meaning of clarify definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "clarify" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "clarify": make clear and (more) comprehensible

Verb

  • Meaning: make clear and (more) comprehensible
  • Example: clarify the mystery surrounding her death
  • Synonyms: clarify clear up elucidate
  • Hyponyms: clear clear up crystalise crystalize crystallise crystallize demystify dilate disambiguate elaborate elucidate enlarge enlighten expand expatiate exposit expound flesh out illuminate lucubrate shed light on sort out straighten out
  • Hypernyms: explain explicate
  • Antonyms: obfuscate
  • Meaning of "clarify": make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

    Verb

  • Meaning: make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
  • Example: clarify the butter clarify beer
  • Synonyms: clarify
  • Hypernyms: alter change modify
  • Synonyms:

    resolve, formulate, clear up, spell out, simplify, analyze, interpret, define, delineate, elucidate, settle, illuminate, illustrate, break down, draw a picture, make perfectly clear, make plain, shed light on, straighten out, throw light on, rarefy, distill, filter, refine, clean, cleanse, depurate,

    Antonyms:

    complicate, mix up, obscure, muddle, dirty, question, confuse, muddy, dirty, pollute, soil, muddle, confuse, muddy,

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    clarify in English: clarify
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