Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

    The clarification of wine.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation.

    Your ideas deserve clarification.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An explanatory comment on, or question about, a point of obscurity.

    Let me make just one clarification: did he kiss her, or did she kiss him?

  4. (countable, uncountable)A small piece of writing supplemental to a previously published text, intended to disambiguate, explain away obscurities, but not contradict or emend the text (as would a correction).

    Erläuterung, Verdeutlichung

    проясне́ниеprojasnénije, поясне́ниеpojasnénije, объясне́ниеobʺjasnénije

    роз'я́сненняrozʺjásnennja

  5. (countable, uncountable)Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear.

    So, just for clarification, you're saying your Chihuahua ate your homework?

    осветле́ниеosvetlénije, очище́ниеočiščénije, очи́сткаočístka

    очи́щенняočýščennja, осві́тленняosvítlennja

More definitions
  • an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
  • the act of removing solid particles from a liquid

Examples

14 sentences
  1. I just wanted clarification.

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  2. I just want clarification.

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  3. Thanks for the clarification.

    deDanke für die Klarstellung.

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  4. We asked Tom for clarification.

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  5. Thank you for the clarification.

    Дякую за уточнення.

    ruСпасибо вам за пояснение.

    deDanke für die Klarstellung.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
clarification of ideas, meaning, etc:
physical clarification (wine, butter, etc.):
Русский
By meaning 2
clarification of ideas, meaning, etc:
physical clarification (wine, butter, etc.):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
clarification of ideas, meaning, etc:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiō.

Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiō.

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Forms

plural: clarifications
Singularclarification
Pluralclarifications

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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