clarification

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌklɛrəfəˈkeɪʃən/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The act of making something clearer or easier to understand; an explanation that removes confusion or ambiguity.; The process of making a liquid clear by removing impurities or sediment.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable / uncountable Plural: clarifications

Collocations

seek clarificationneed clarificationfor clarificationpoint of clarificationrequest clarificationprovide clarification

Derivatives

clarifyclarifyingclarifierclarityclarificatoryreclarification

Synonyms

explanationelucidationexplicationilluminationinterpretation

Antonyms

confusionobfuscationmystification

Commonly confused

explanation
EN: 'Clarification' specifically removes ambiguity or resolves misunderstanding, while 'explanation' more broadly makes something understandable from scratch.
clarity
EN: 'Clarity' is the quality of being clear (a state), while 'clarification' is the act or result of making something clear (a process or instance).

Spelling tips

EN: Note the spelling change from 'clarify' (with 'y') to 'clarification' (with 'i' before '-cation'). Do not write 'clarifycation'.

💬 Examples

  1. The professor offered a clarification of the complex theorem after several students asked questions.

  2. The clarification of the wine involved filtering out the remaining sediment.