📒 easy to understand and not confusing
- She gave me clear and precise directions.
- Are these instructions clear enough?
- Your meaning needs to be clear.
📒 obvious and leaving no doubt at all
- This is a clear case of fraud.
- She won the election by a clear majority.
- His height gives him a clear advantage.
📒 not confused; having no doubt
- clear about something Are you clear about the arrangements for tomorrow?
- clear on something My memory is not clear on that point.
- clear what, how, whether, etc… I'm still not clear what the job involves.
📒 thinking in a sensible and logical way, especially in a difficult situation
- a clear thinker
- You'll need to keep a clear head for your interview.
📒 easy to see or hear
- The photo wasn't very clear.
- The voice on the phone was clear and strong.
- She was in Australia but I could hear her voice as clear as a bell.
📒 that you can see through; transparent
- The water was so clear we could see the bottom of the lake.
- clear glass
- a clear colourless liquid
📒 without cloud or mist
- a clear blue sky
- On a clear day you can see France.
- It's likely to be a clear night, with temperatures dropping to freezing.
📒 without spots or marks
- clear skin
- a clear complexion
📒 bright and lively
- Her clear blue eyes sparkled.
📒 free from things that are blocking the way or covering the surface of something
- The road was clear and I ran over.
- All exits must be kept clear of baggage.
- You won't get a clear view of the stage from here.
📒 if you have a clear conscience or your conscience is clear, you do not feel guilty
📒 free from something that is unpleasant
- They were still not clear of all suspicion.
- We are finally clear of debt.
📒 not touching something; a distance away from something
- The plane climbed until it was clear of the clouds.
- Make sure you park your car clear of the entrance.
📒 whole or complete
- Allow three clear days for the letter to arrive.
- You must give seven clear days’ notice of the meeting.
📒 that remains when taxes, costs, etc. have been taken away
- They had made a clear profit of £2 000.
📒 produced with the central part of the tongue close to the top of the mouth. In many accents of (= ways of pronouncing) English, clear /l/ is used before a vowel, as in leave.
📒 to be simple and free from trouble
📒 easy to see or understand
📒 not clear at all; not easy to understand
- Oh well, that's all as clear as mud, then.
📒 a complete difference or division between two people or groups
- Voters want to see clear blue water between the main parties.
- They failed to put clear blue water between themselves and their competitors.
📒 there is no danger of being seen or caught
- As soon as the coast was clear, he climbed in through the window.
📒 to remain calm in a difficult situation
- She needed to keep a clear head if she was to remain in control.
📒 to enable somebody to be successful in a particular area of activity because other people or groups have given up competing with them
- The complete disarray of the opposition parties leaves the field clear for the government to implement urgent reforms.
📒 in a way that is very easy to understand
- The message is coming through loud and clear.
📒 to find that it is possible or convenient to do something
- Small builders cannot see their way clear to take on many trainees.