clear meaning

[ kliə ] Pronunciation:

"clear" in a sentence

Adjective: clear (clearer,clearest) klir [N. Amer], kliu(r) [Brit]

Readily apparent to the mind
"a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"
Free from confusion or doubt
"a complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us"
Affording free passage or view
"a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"
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Verb: clear klir [N. Amer], kliu(r) [Brit]

Rid of obstructions
"Clear your desk"
- unclutter
Make a way or path by removing objects
"Clear a path through the dense forest"
Become clear
"The sky cleared after the storm"
- clear up, light up, brighten
Grant authorization or clearance for
"Clear the manuscript for publication"
- authorize, authorise [Brit], pass
Remove
"clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"
Go unchallenged; be approved
"The bill cleared the House"
- pass
Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
"The payment should clear within 2 business days"
Go away or disappear
"The fog cleared in the afternoon"
Pass by, over, or under without making contact
"the balloon cleared the tree tops"
- top
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
"Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise [Brit], crystalize, crystalise [Brit], straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
"Clear the ship and let it dock"
Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
"clear the water before it can be drunk"
Yield as a net profit
- net
Make as a net profit
"The company cleared $1 million"
- net, sack, sack up
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
"He clears $5,000 each month"
- gain, take in, make, earn, realize, realise [Brit], pull in, bring in
Sell
"We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
Pass an inspection or receive authorization
"clear customs"
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
"The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
- acquit, assoil, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
Settle, as of a debt
"clear a debt"
- solve
Make clear, bright, light, or translucent
"The water had to be cleared through filtering"
Rid of instructions or data
"clear a memory buffer"
Remove (people) from a building
"clear the patrons from the theatre after the bomb threat"
Remove the occupants of
"Clear the building"
Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
"Clear the throat"
- clear up

Adverb: clear klir [N. Amer], kliu(r) [Brit]

Completely
"read the book clear to the end"; "slept clear through the night"; "there were open fields clear to the horizon"
- all the way
In an easily perceptible manner
"She cried loud and clear"
- clearly

Noun: clear klir [N. Amer], kliu(r) [Brit]

The state of being free of suspicion
"investigation showed that he was in the clear"
A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- open

Derived forms: clears, cleared, clearer, clearing, clearest

Type of: acquire, allow, alter, area, bear, benefit, bring home the bacon, change, clarify, clear up, come through, countenance, country, create, deliver the goods, determine, disappear, discharge, disembarrass, elucidate, empty, flog [Brit], free, gain, get, go away, innocence, judge, label, let, make, modify, move out, overhaul, overtake, pass, pay, permit, profit, pronounce, remove, rid, sell, settle, square off, square up, succeed, take, take away, take out, vanish, win, withdraw, yield

Antonym: bounce, cloudy, opaque, unclear

Encyclopedia: Clear

[American slang]
mod. alcohol intoxicated.
• Man, is she ever clear!
• He was clear, you know, polluted.

[Architecture]

The net distance, free from interruption, between any two surfaces or areas.

[Business]
AmE / verb

1 [+ obj]

to give or get official approval for sth to be done:

His appointment had been cleared by the board.

I'll have to clear it with the manager before I can refund your money.

The drug has been cleared for use in the US.

The merger needs to be cleared by the authorities.

2 [+ obj]

to prove that sb is innocent:

She has been cleared of all charges against her.

Throughout his years in prison, she fought to clear his name.

He has been cleared of allegations of mismanagement.

3 (Commerce ) [+ obj] clear (out) sth

to sell all the goods that you have available:

The store is trying to clear its stock of winter clothes.

The company has dropped its prices in an attempt to clear out its inventory (= its supply of products).

4 [+ obj]

to remove sth that is not wanted from a place

: (figurative) clearing bad debts from the company's books

(= financial records)

◆ Clear the screen

(= computer screen) and start again.

We need to clear the site of rubble before we start building.

5 [+ obj or no obj]

if a cheque that you pay into your bank account clears, or a bank clears it, the money is available for you to use:

Cheques usually take three working days to clear.

6 (Finance ) [+ obj]

to calculate the total amount of money and the numbers of shares, etc. that investors have agreed to exchange on a particular date, in order to arrange the transfer of the money, shares, etc. between them:

Only certain members of the stock exchange are authorized to clear trades.

⇨ CLEARING, SETTLE

7 (Trade ) [+ obj]

to give official permission for goods to leave or enter a place:

to clear goods through customs

8 Finance [+ obj]

to gain or earn an amount of money as profit:

She cleared €2 000 on the deal.

9 (Finance ) [+ obj]

if you clear a debt or a loan, you pay all the money back

10 [+ obj]

to decide officially, after finding out information about sb, that they can be given special work or allowed to see secret papers:

She hasn't been cleared by security.

IDIOMS

clear your desk

1 (also clear out your desk)

to remove everything from your desk at work because you are leaving your job:

She was fired on the spot and given an hour to clear her desk.

to finish the work that you need to do:

He was desperately trying to clear his desk so he could get home.

STEER

[Defence]

1. To approve or authorize, or to obtain approval or authorization for: a.
a person or persons with regard to their actions, movements, duties, etc.
; b.
an object or group of objects, as equipment or supplies, with regard to quality, quantity, purpose, movement, disposition, etc.
; and c.
a request, with regard to correctness of form, validity, etc.
2. To give one or more aircraft a clearance.
3. To give a person a security clearance.
4. To fly over an obstacle without touching it.
5. To pass a designated point, line, or object.
The end of a column must pass the designated feature before the latter is cleared.
6. a.
To operate a gun so as to unload it or make certain no ammunition remains; and b.
to free a gun of stoppages.
7. To clear an engine; to open the throttle of an idling engine to free it from carbon.
8. To clear the air to gain either temporary or permanent air superiority or control in a given sector.