to clarify
Remove the confusion
To clarify is to make something clearer or easier to understand.
You clarify a statement by explaining what you meant, clarify a situation by providing missing context, or clarify butter by removing the milk solids.
The goal is always removing what obscures: Let me clarify—I said we *could* go, not that we *should*.
- explainMake something understood
- elucidateTo make understood
- in other wordsRestating for clarity
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- transparentAllowing light through
simplify · untangle · spell out · define · interpret · demystify · unravel · sharpen · focus · distill · refine · specify · get to the point · elaborate · expound · muddy · fog · confusion
- clarifying languagenamely, specifically, in other words, that is, for example
- clarifying phrasesi.e., that is, namely, meaning, that is to say
- clarifiersi.e., e.g., namely, meaning, specifically
- correctionscorrection, corrections, fix, fixing, rectification
- filler wordsum, uh, er, hmm, ah
- transitionstransition, blending, segue, fade, changeover
clarify, clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying, clear, clearly, clearness, clearer