clarifying

/ˈklæɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/

clarifying is the present participle and gerund of clarify.

Adjective

clarifying (comparative more clarifying, superlative most clarifying)

Providing clarity; making clear.
- I found the book to be insightful and clarifying in a way that traditional career-focused books for women rarely are. Rather than lay out a prescriptive path, they really listened to women talk about their lives and challenges — how novel! — and illuminated areas of overlap, surfaced and clarified...The witness gave some clarifying information about the event. 2018 June 23, Erin Keane, “Inside women's “Ambition Decisions”: On opting out, buying in or embracing the "flex life"”, in Salon
Removing impurities or particulates.
- Wash your hair with clarifying shampoo.

clarify (third-person singular simple present clarifies, present participle clarifying, simple past and past participle clarified)

(ergative, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
- What's the best way to clarify cooking oil?
(broadly) 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.
Synonyms:

explicitize, get straight, bring home
(obsolete) To glorify.

clarifying (plural clarifyings)

A clarification.
- Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.1931, John de Boer, The Theory of Knowledge of the Cambridge Platonists, page 64

What does clarifying mean?: Clarifying means a clarification.
What is clarifying the present participle and gerund of?: Clarifying is the present participle and gerund of clarify.
What part of speech is clarifying?: Clarifying can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce clarifying?: Clarifying is pronounced /ˈklæɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/.
What is the plural of clarifying?: The plural of clarifying is clarifyings.

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