clarification
/ˌklɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
clarification noun: 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.
Noun
clarification (countable and uncountable, plural clarifications)
- 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.
- The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation.
- Your ideas deserve clarification.
- 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?
- 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).
- Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear.
- So, just for clarification, you're saying your Chihuahua ate your homework?
clarification meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
clarification in Hindi
- clarification of ideas, meaning, etc
- स्पष्टीकरण spaṣṭīkraṇ
clarification in Tamil
- தெளிவாக்கல், தெளிவு, தெளிவுரை, விளக்கம், தெளிவாக்கம், வண்டல் நீக்கம்
clarification in Marathi
- clarification
- स्पष्टीकरण spaṣṭīkaraṇ
clarification in Urdu
- صراحت, توضیح, وضاحت
More languagesFewer languages
- clarification in Kannada
- ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟತೆ, ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟೀಕರಣ, ವಿಶದೀಕರಣ, ಶೋಧನೆ
- clarification in Gujarati
- સ્પષ્ટતા
- clarification in Odia
- ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟିକରଣ
- clarification in Nepali
- स्पष्टिकरण
- clarification in Tagalog
- paglilinaw, klaripikasyon
- clarification in Arabic
- تَرْوِيق tarwīq, تَصْفِيَة taṣfiya, تَوْضِيح tawḍīḥ
Examples of clarification in a sentence
- We could use some clarification around the new rules.
- Find me something ambiguous, and if I want clarification made, I'll ask a shayla.
- The only clarification Alice was forced to make later concerned her apparent antikissing stance.
Forms of clarification
| plural | clarifications |
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Origin of clarification
Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiō.
Words formed from clarification
Words that rhyme with clarification
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about clarification
- What does clarification mean?
- Clarification means 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.
- What is clarification in Hindi?
- Clarification in Hindi is स्पष्टीकरण (spaṣṭīkraṇ). See Clarification meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is clarification?
- Clarification is a noun.
- How do you pronounce clarification?
- Clarification is pronounced /ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of clarification?
- The plural of clarification is clarifications.
Words near clarification in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: clarification (page history and authors); clarification (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); स्पष्टीकरण (Marathi) (page history and authors); clarification (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clarification (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clarification (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clarification (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clarification (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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