clarify
/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/ verb B2- To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity. · What's the best way to clarify cooking oil?· Leave the wine for 24 hours and it will clarify.
- To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity. · Please clarify what you mean by this.· Over time, the situation gradually clarified.
Plural clarify · He/she/it clarifies · Past clarified · Past participle clarified · -ing form clarifying
Verb forms
- Base form
- clarify
- He/she/it
- clarifies
- Past
- clarified
- Past participle
- clarified
- -ing form
- clarifying
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