Past tense of clarify
regular verb
The past tense of clarify is clarified. The past participle is also clarified.
Forms of clarify
| Base form (V1) | clarify /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | clarified /ˈklæɹɪfaɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | clarified /ˈklæɹɪfaɪd/ |
| Present participle | clarifying /ˈklæɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | clarifies |
Clarified in a sentence
- Over time, the situation gradually clarified.
- Clarified butter is made by removing water and impurities from butter.From the entry clarified
- Alongside we have charred wild greens slathered with Cretan clarified staka butter.2025 August 9, Jay Rayner, “Your Greek island holiday, in sunny South Ken – Jay Rayner reviews Myrtos”, in Financial Times, London: The…. From the entry staka
- However, he never intended to create a Black Mirroresque scenario here, he clarified.2023 April 13, Pritam Bordoloi, “Can You Upload Your Mind and Live Forever?”, in Analytics India Magazine, archived from the original on…. From the entry Black Mirroresque
- His goal, he emphatically clarified, was to enact “an anti-discrimination bill,” “not a bathroom bill.”2020, Alexander K. Davis, Bathroom Battlegrounds: How Public Restrooms Shape the Gender Order, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry bathroom bill
Meaning of clarify
- verb To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
- verb To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
- verb To glorify.
Questions about the past tense of clarify
- What is the past tense of clarify?
- The past tense of clarify is clarified.
- What is the past participle of clarify?
- The past participle of clarify is clarified.
- Is clarify a regular or irregular verb?
- Clarify is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
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