clarify
/ˈklarəˌfī/
verb
make (a statement or situation) less confused and more clearly comprehensible.
- "Could you please clarify which of these days it is?"
Synonyms: make clear, shed/throw light on, elucidate, illuminate, explain, explicate, define, spell out, clear up
melt (butter) in order to separate out the impurities.
- "The cooked and clarified butter is then spooned off to avoid disturbing the milk solids on the bottom of the pan."
Synonyms: purify, refine, filter, fine
Synonyms
verb
- make clear, shed/throw light on, elucidate, illuminate, explain, explicate, define, spell out, clear up
- purify, refine, filter, fine
- elucidate, clear up
Examples
- Further investigation would be required to more fully clarify this matter.
- Further careful epidemiological research is needed to clarify who benefits most from such treatment.
- Now the calls for the President to clarify the matter have begun to grow.
- the report managed to clarify the government's position
- And I want to quickly clarify two things I've just heard.
- Could you please clarify which of these days it is?
- She was not available for comment, or to clarify the exact circumstances surrounding the case.
- But the rules changed several times, and he did not clarify which set he relied on.
- I occasionally had to ask him to either repeat himself or clarify his comments.
- What I have sought to do is clarify the role of the Advisory Council.
- A further consultation was required to clarify the situation and restore trust.
- To clarify how this can work, let's briefly look at an example.
- Would someone in the Government clarify who is at fault and who is not?
- The cooked and clarified butter is then spooned off to avoid disturbing the milk solids on the bottom of the pan.
- A statement clarifying the situation is expected to be issued today.
- I hope that clarifies the situation for members.
- The bill also clarifies the position for employees who are sick or bereaved on a public holiday.
- We are happy to discuss the principles in a clarificatory manner.
- Important clarificat
6cd
ory work immediately followed.
- There are some important issues that need to be clarified at the outset.
- Ghee, which is clarified butter, is another commonly used recipe item and is often used for frying.
- Clarifying butter removes the water and milk solids, leaving pure butterfat.
- We have now clarified that there was a typo in the press release.
- He criticized the Commission's proposed clarificatory amendment to Article 2.
- These letters raise fundamental political issues that need to be discussed and clarified.
- But I have to admit that lots of people seem to have no difficulty in working out, in context, the intentions of the writer or speaker, so maybe my clarificatory work was just fussiness.
- A further amendment clarifies when public records need to be created.
- To these the editor has added an abundance of useful clarificatory notes.
- The bill also clarifies the relationship between archives legislation and the Official Information Act.```
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