clearance
223
4.4
- noun
- /ˈklɪrənss/
- Formal
- The pilot was anxious to receive clearance for takeoff from the control tower.
- security clearance
- obtain clearance
- require prior clearance
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Watch on YouTubeThey approached Beijing to get clearance to list their stock overseas.
- They approached Beijing to get clearance to list their stock overseas.
- So, but you can obtain, you know, clearance to fly in some of these areas.
- Like what's the point if I don't give you the clearance?
- It'll probably mean that high compute queries will require security clearance.
- They sent him to the Marshall Islands repeatedly, and he had AQ clearance and a top secret clearance.
- It's like a caveat on a, on ATS clearance.
- So this is another way of hiding your goods from official clearance the underwear.
- And again, stress, I, you know, I have no clearances.
Examples
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We did have diplomatic clearance, but it was only to fly on the Victor 33 airway.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mr. Grin, you have received clearance from French Air Control.
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We're trying to get clearance to turn them now.
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The security clearance just takes too long with those people.
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I need clearance for landing.
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We don't have clearance to go behind enemy lines, sir.
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Before long, however, they obtained their clearances and were given access to their own work.
Academic text (1996) -
You are now a government employee that holds a top secret SCI clearance, which I do as well.
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We have increased security while speeding up the clearance process; approximately 1,000 backlogged applications have already been cleared out.
Academic text (2004) -
The nurses needed clearance from Dr. Goodacre, Sarah's main doctor, to let her go.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Official approval that lets you do something
702
4.6
An official paper that gives permission to do something, for example a court order
374
1.6
An official ticket that allows entry to a place or event
344
3.2
Permission for something to happen, often given in writing
149
3.4
Permission to enter a place or organization, often after a decision
36
4.1
A written document that gives official permission or instruction
31
3.4
Official permission to start something
14
5.3
Permission to enter a place or join a group
4
3.4
Official permission to do something
Permission from someone in charge to go ahead
A written pass that lets someone leave a place for a short time
Antonyms
Compounds
How Authorized
- Formal
160
5.3
- Specialized
14
4.3
- Formal
223
4.4
- Formal
400
1.6
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clearance comes from clear meaning 'to make free' or 'to remove doubt', so officials can 'clear' a person or goods to go. That's why clearance also means official permission to proceed or enter a place.