Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of making or becoming clear.

    Klärung, Aufklärung

    очи́сткаočístka, расчи́сткаrasčístka

  2. (countable, uncountable)An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

    Lichtung, Rodung, Waldlichtung

    поля́наpoljána

    поля́наpoljána, галя́ваhaljáva, галя́винаhaljávyna

    a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

  3. (countable, uncountable)An open space in the fog etc.

    Nebellichtung

    поля́наpoljána

  4. (countable, uncountable)A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.

    Clearing, Geldausgleich, Verrechnung

    кли́рингklíring

  5. (countable, uncountable)A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.

    Freischaltung

  6. (UK, countable, uncountable)The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.

    the act of removing solid particles from a liquid

Examples

185 sentences
  1. Thank you for clearing up the misunderstanding.

    Спасибі Вам за з'ясування цього непорозуміння. — ChickenKiev

    ruСпасибо, что прояснили это недоразумение. — marafon

    deDanke, dass du das Missverständnis geklärt hast. — Manfredo

  2. The mist is clearing.

    Туман розсіюється. — deniko

    ruТуман рассеивается. — Wezel

    deDer Nebel löst sich auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. It seems to be clearing up.

  4. Thank you for clearing that up.

  5. The waiting room is clearing out.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees:
Русский
By meaning 3
act or process of making or becoming clear:
area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees:
process of completing and settling transactions centrally:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
act or process of making or becoming clear:
area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees:
open space in the fog etc:
process of completing and settling transactions centrally:
sequence of events used to disconnect a call:

Origin

From clear + -ing.

From clear + -ing.

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Forms

plural: clearings
Singularclearing
Pluralclearings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
area devoid of trees:glade
Close in meaning
  • the act of removing solid particles from a liquid:clarification
  • a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area:glade

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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