clarifying

Examples

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• Because the workbook begins with six clarifying questions that give you those answers.

• We feel, through speaking to our peers and clients, that this change will be a positive, clarifying action—both for us and for our partners.

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• And I think it's probably worth just clarifying exactly why everyone is selling.

• I love such simple, clarifying statements.

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• This is a potentially clarifying moment for the US.

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• You know, the, the COVID era has been like a clarifying moment, right?

• The Core Protocols are very clarifying; that much is obvious to me even from limited exposure.

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• There is something so clarifying and calming about not eating those things.

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• Words play an important supportive, clarifying role, but if the exhibition truly works, the main messages can be understood with little or no reading.

  Academic text (2004)

• What Miss Rangapa wrote next is both clarifying and terrifying.

  GQ

Synonyms

E

to explain

vsclarifying

∞ 1.0

To make something clear by describing it in simple words

focuses on making things easier to understand without specifying method

C

to clear

vsclarifying

430 2.8

To make something easy to understand

focuses on general sense making rather than only removing doubt or uncertainty

I

to interpret

vsclarifying

328 3.3

To explain what something means

is the broader act of making things easier to understand, not judging meaning

C

to clear up

vsclarifying

164 2.3

To explain something so people understand it

is the broader action of making things easier to understand, not just solving doubts

S

to simplify

vsclarifying

104 2.5

Make something easier to understand or use

focuses on making easier to understand broadly rather than reducing complexity specifically

S

to shed light on

vsclarifying

78 3.9

To help people understand something by explaining it

is the plain process of making things easier to understand broadly

E

to enlighten

vsclarifying

50 4.8

To give someone clear information to help them understand something

is the basic act of making things easier to understand, not always adding knowledge

I

to illuminate

vsclarifying

38 4.8

To make something clear or easier to understand

is the general basic act of making things easy to understand

I

illuminating

vsclarifying

24 4.3

Giving clear information that helps you understand something better

describes the basic act of making things easier to understand without extra knowledge

E

to elucidate

vsclarifying

• Formal

11 6.8

To explain something so it is easy to understand

is the common everyday term for making things easier to understand

D

to demystify

vsclarifying

7 5.1

To make something easier to understand by removing mystery or confusion

is the simple act of making things easier to understand, not necessarily removing mystery

C

to clearly state

vsclarifying

7 2.7

Say or write something so people have no doubt

is about helping people understand rather than focusing only on clear expression

E

to explicate

vsclarifying

• Formal

3 7.4

To explain something clearly in detail

limits to the general act of making easy to understand, not detailed analysis

I

interpreting

vsclarifying

2 4.1

Giving the meaning of something that is not clear

focuses on general making easier to understand rather than the specific interpretive process

D

to disambiguate

vsclarifying

1 7.7

To make something clear by removing confusion

is the general process of making things easier to understand rather than narrowing meaning

I

to illuminate the issue

vsclarifying

1 4.9

To help people understand a topic by explaining it clearly

focuses on general sense making rather than targeting a specific problem

M

to make oneself clear

vsclarifying

3.4

Say something so other people understand what you mean

is the general effort to make things easier to understand beyond speaker focus

How Clarifying

illuminating

24 4.3

explanatory

26 3.8

clarifying

5 3.3

unclear

212 3.9

confusing

305 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology