CLARIFY Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

clarify

verb

ˈkler-ə-ˌfī

Definition of clarify

as in to filter

to remove usually visible impurities from clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits

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as in to explain

to make plain or understandable it would help if you could clarify your position for us

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Recent Examples of clarify Chhabria set a hearing for August to further clarify his order and clear up ambiguity regarding which categories of noncitizens' data could be lawfully shared with ICE. — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 17 July 2026 The answer helps clarify whether authority is real or nominal. — Scott Sumner, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 For lawyers working to defend and expand anti-BDS legislation in court, PEN America’s new boycott position is clarifying. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 Medicare would clarify how clinicians can be paid for the attentive work of tapering a patient off of a medication (which is already a part of routine clinical care). — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for clarify

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First came the 1970s-style Instagram filters, then the revival of Polaroid-style photos, now this.

— Alina Selyukh, NPR, 18 July 2026
For people who work outside, health officials have recommended wearing an N95 mask, which can filter at least 95% of airborne particles.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of filter

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Lobello explains why soccer is such an efficient form of exercise and what the World Cup could mean for adults looking to get active.

— Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
Shimizu voluntarily stayed in Vietnam after World War II to join the Việt Minh resistance, opposing French colonial reoccupation, the photographer explained.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of explain

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Oil needs to be refined into products and fuels people can use, including asphalt, plastic, heating oil, jet fuel, diesel and gasoline.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
The product of millions of years of evolution rather than countless lines of code, refined by the brutal simplicity of survival.

— Dana Suskind, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of refine

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Governing Oceans Through Data Indonesia’s experience illustrates a broader global transformation in maritime governance.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026
By redoing it, albeit with more high-tech equipment than was available in 1919, Harksen hopes to illustrate that even monumental experiments can be re-created by the average person.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

Definition of illustrate

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If the reorganization lag is being compounded by organized friction rather than just cost and complexity, the 8-to-12-year timeline Goldman extracted from the ICT era may turn out to be optimistic.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Because the Lighthouse Nebula is relatively faint in X-rays, the researchers developed new analysis techniques to extract as much information as possible from the observations.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of extract

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Realta added that the Hammir prototype will help demonstrate the company’s fusion approach before commercial deployment.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
The artist, who works professionally as a lead UX/UI designer while maintaining a daily painting practice, said the recognition demonstrates that artists working in Kansas City can reach major milestones without leaving the region.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026

Definition of demonstrate

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Devers doubled San Francisco’s lead in the sixth with an opposite-field solo homer that barely cleared the left-field fence.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
The jacket stayed open to reveal the lingerie construction, while the label’s pink mini shorts in silk habutai barely cleared the hem.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 19 July 2026

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