clarify

Clarify means to clear up confusion and make it all understandable. In a heart-breaking text, she clarified that she never ever wanted to see him again. It also means to remove impurities in a liquid; you clarify butter by gently heating it.

Clarify and clear are related, of course, and clear means you can see right through it. If you clarify your intention or your meaning, others will understand it clearly. If you aren't clear at the outset, you might find the need to clarify what you want later.

Definitions of clarify

v make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

“clarify the butter”

“clarify beer”

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

v make clear and (more) comprehensible

“clarify the mystery surrounding her death”

Synonyms:: clear up, elucidate

Antonyms:: obfuscate
make obscure or unclear

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; demystify
make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; disambiguate
state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from; detail
provide details for; exposit, expound, set forth
state; exemplify, illustrate, instance
clarify by giving an example of; particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify
be specific about

Type of:: explain, explicate
make plain and comprehensible

v make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

v make clear and (more) comprehensible

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