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klären — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clarify verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
  • clear adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
  • fine adj Of high quality; excellent.
  • solve verb To find the answer to a problem, puzzle, or question.

Senses

klären is used for these senses in English:

  • clarify (ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
  • clarify (by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
  • clear (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
  • fine (transitive) To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
  • solve to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
  • sort out (transitive) To clarify by reviewing mentally.

clarify — full definition

  1. verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
  2. verb To make a liquid clear by removing impurities.

clear — full definition

  1. adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
  2. adj Easy to understand, see, or hear; free of ambiguity.
  3. verb To remove obstacles or unwanted items so something becomes open or unobstructed.
  4. verb To officially free someone from suspicion, blame, or an obligation.

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