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clear

  • adjective
  • /ˈklɪə/

transparent in colour.

Other meanings

  1. bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.

    “The windshield was clear and clean.”

  2. Free of obstacles.

    “The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear.”

Related words

  • all-clear
  • clear as a mirror
  • make oneself clear
  • Clear Creek
  • clear-cut
  • clear-channel
  • Clear Lake
  • gin-clear
  • clearly
  • clearness
  • Clear Range
  • Clearspring

Example sentences

  • “It's not always clear where an idea originated.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “It wasn't really clear what his position was.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “In the end, it was all clear.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "clarus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “clear” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.