/klɪə/, /klɪɹ/, /kliə/
OriginFrom Middle English clere, from Anglo-Norman cler, from Old French cler (Modern French clair), from Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)). Cognate with Danish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, German klar, Italian chiaro, Norwegian klar, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro, and Swedish klar.
- Transparent in colour.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
“The windshield was clear and clean.”
“Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation.”
- Free of obstacles.
“The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear.”
“the coast is clear”
“Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching ”
- Without clouds.
“clear weather; a clear day”
“Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.”
- Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
“He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.”
“She made it clear that she dislike me.”
“I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean.”
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- figurativelyFree of guilt, or suspicion.
“a clear conscience”
“Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere,
In action faithful, and in honour clear”
- Without a thickening ingredient.
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
“clear of texture; clear of odor”
- Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
“Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair. She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear. Did you ever go clear?”
- Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
“a clear intellect; a clear head”
“Mother of Science, Now I feel thy Power
Within me cleere, not onely to diſcerne
Things in thir Cauſes, but to trace the wayes
Of higheſt Agents”
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
“with a countenance as clear / As friendship wears at feasts”
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
“Hark! the numbers, soft and clear
Gently steal upon the ear”
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
“a clear complexion; clear lumber”
“high school girls with clear-skinned smiles”
- Without diminution; in full; net.
“a clear profit”
“I often wished that I had clear
For life, six hundred pounds a year”
- Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
“The signals were clear to allow the train through Soham, as it steadily approached.”
- Multicultural-London-EnglishGood, the best.
- Multicultural-London-EnglishBetter than, superior to.
“Spurs are clear of Arsenal.”
- not-comparableAll the way; entirely.
“I threw it clear across the river to the other side.”
- not-comparableNot near something or touching it.
“Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.”
- not-comparableFree (or separate) from others.
“Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season.”
- not-comparableIn a clear manner; plainly.
“Now clear I understand
What oft my steadiest thoughts have searched in vain”
“I want you to know how he spoke: he spoke loud, and he spoke clear.”
“Can't they see for themselves? Course not. Looks like dust to them, so they can't see it clear at all”
- transitiveTo remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
“Police took two hours to clear the road.”
“If you clear the table, I'll wash up.”
““A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
Near her wandered her h”
- transitiveTo remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
“Please clear all this stuff off the table.”
“The loggers came and cleared the trees.”
“[…] Aristotle has brought to explain his Doctrine of Substantial Forms, when he tells us that a Statue lies hid in a Block of Marble; and that the Art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous ”
- intransitiveTo leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
“Then the whole population cleared into the forest, expecting all kinds of calamities to happen, while, on the other hand, the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic, in charge of the eng”
- intransitiveTo become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
“When the road cleared we continued our journey.”
“After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.”
“Shake the test tube well, and the liquid should slowly clear.”
- transitiveTo eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
“We need to clear this issue once and for all.”
- transitiveTo remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
“The court cleared the man of murder.”
“[…] yet I appeal to the reader, and am sure he will clear me from Partiality.”
“How! Wouldst thou clear rebellion?”
- transitiveTo pass without interference; to miss.
“The door just barely clears the table as it closes.”
“The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.”
- transitiveTo exceed a stated mark.
“She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.”
- transitiveTo finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
“I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.”
- intransitiveOf a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
“The check might not clear for a couple of days.”
- transitiveTo earn a profit of; to net.
“He's been clearing seven thousand a week.”
“The profit which she cleared on the cargo […] cannot be estimated at less than a thousand guineas.”
- transitiveTo approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
“Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.”
“The marketing department has cleared the press release for publication.”
- transitiveTo obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
“I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.”
- intransitiveTo obtain a clearance.
“The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.”
- transitiveTo obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
“Beſides, he that cleares at once will relapſe: for finding himſelfe out of ſtraights, he will reuert to his cuſtomes. But hee that cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as ”
- intransitive, transitiveTo hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
“The goalkeeper rushed forward to clear the ball.”
“A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.”
“Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.”
- transitiveTo reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
“to clear an array; to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value”
- transitiveTo style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
“To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.”
- transitiveTo unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.
“To prevent any shooting accidents, remember to clear your pistol and stay aware of your surroundings.”
- Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
“a room ten feet square in the clear”
- The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
“It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC).”
- A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
“Neither of them had heard of Kelly or Kalki, but then neither of them had heard of Horace, Alexander Pope, [Blaise] Pascal, [Denis] Diderot, [Werner] Heisenberg’s law or entropy. Their lives were spen”
“Today, clear status can be conferred only by high ranking ministers of the church, and clears are not presented for examination by outsiders.”
- uncountableAn idea state of beingness free of unwanted influences.
Formsclearer(comparative) · clearest(superlative) · CLR(alternative) · clears(present, singular, third-person) · clearing(participle, present) · cleared(participle, past) · cleared(past) · clears(plural)