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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

clarify

/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/

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What does clarify mean?

verb

  1. To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
  2. To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. (obsolete) To glorify.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈklæɹ.ə.faɪ//ˈklɛɹ.ɪ.faɪ//ˈklɛɹ.ə.faɪ/
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Till cunning come to pound and squeeze And clarify,--refine to proof *2* The liquor filtered by degrees, While the world stands aloof.
Robert Browning; Hiram CorsonAn Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's PoetryProject Gutenberg ebook #260
It is the functioning of an abstraction in its application to a new concrete experience,--its extension to clarify and direct new situations.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
More book examples (3)
The sound of it seemed to clarify his muddled thoughts; and as they ranged themselves in order, he began to understand.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
What is said in Pennsylvania may clarify an issue in California, and what is suppressed in California may leave us the worse in Pennsylvania.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
I did not offer the plan, of course, as a contribution to practical politics, but merely as a sort of hypothesis, to help clarify the problem.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270