Clear vs. Concise — What's the Difference?
By Tayyaba Rehman — Updated on October 7, 2023
"Clear" means easily understandable or free from ambiguity. "Concise" means expressing much in few words without unnecessary details.
Difference Between Clear and Concise
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Key Differences
Both "Clear" and "Concise" are terms that describe communication, but they serve different purposes. Being "Clear" ensures that the message is easily understandable and devoid of confusion. On the other hand, being "Concise" means delivering the message in as few words as possible.
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A message can be "Clear" by being straightforward and unambiguous. This clarity ensures that the audience can grasp the idea without difficulty. Conversely, "Concise" communication focuses on brevity, ensuring that no extraneous details dilute the main point.
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It's crucial to recognize that "Concise" doesn't necessarily mean "Clear." One can be brief in their words, but if those words don't convey the message effectively, the communication isn't clear. Similarly, a "Clear" explanation can sometimes be lengthy, especially when a concept is intricate.
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The best communication often combines both qualities: it is "Clear" in its explanation and "Concise" in its delivery. Such communication ensures that the audience understands the message without feeling overwhelmed by unnecessary details.
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In professional settings, the ability to be both "Clear" and "Concise" is highly valued. A "Clear" directive ensures that tasks are done correctly, and a "Concise" brief ensures that time isn't wasted on superfluous information.
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Comparison Chart
Primary Meaning
Easily understandable
Brief and to the point
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Focus
Avoiding ambiguity
Removing unnecessary details
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Purpose
Ensure comprehension
Deliver message quickly
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Relation to Length
Can be lengthy or short
Typically short
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Use in Communication
Making sure message is understood
Making sure message is not burdened by extra info
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Compare with Definitions
Clear
Easily perceived or understood.
Her instructions were clear and easy to follow.
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Concise
Giving much information briefly.
His summary was concise and informative.
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Clear
Free from doubt or confusion.
The skies were clear and blue.
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Concise
Not lengthy or drawn out.
She provided a concise overview of the plan.
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Clear
Transparent; easy to see through.
The water was so clear that you could see the bottom.
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Concise
Expressing or covering matters efficiently.
The definition was concise yet comprehensive.
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Clear
Distinct and sharp in form or appearance.
His voice was loud and clear.
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Concise
Characterized by brevity and clarity.
His concise writing style was appreciated by readers.
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Clear
Easy to perceive, understand, or interpret
Am I making myself clear?
Her handwriting was clear
Clear and precise directions
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Concise
Free from unnecessary details.
The report was short and concise.
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Clear
(of a substance) transparent; unclouded
The clear glass of the French windows
A stream of clear water
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Concise
Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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Clear
Free of any obstructions or unwanted objects
With a clear road ahead he shifted into high gear
I had a clear view in both directions
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Concise
Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive
A concise account of the country's history
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Clear
Not touching; away from
The lorry was wedged in the ditch, one wheel clear of the ground
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Concise
Expressing much in few words; clear and succinct.
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Clear
Complete; full
You must give seven clear days' notice of the meeting
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Concise
Brief, yet including all important information
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Clear
Denoting a palatalized form of the sound of the letter l (as in leaf in most accents of English).
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Concise
(obsolete) Physically short or truncated
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Clear
So as to be out of the way of or away from
He leapt clear of the car
Stand clear, I'll start the plane up
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Concise
To make concise; to abridge or summarize.
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Clear
Completely
He had time to get clear away
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Concise
Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; - used of style in writing or speaking.
The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood.
Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little.
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Clear
Remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from
Carolyn cleared the table and washed up
The drive had been cleared of snow
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Concise
Expressing much in few words;
A concise explanation
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Clear
Remove (an obstruction or unwanted item) from somewhere
Karen cleared the dirty plates
Park staff cleared away dead trees
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Clear
Get past or over (something) safely or without touching it
The plane rose high enough to clear the trees
She cleared 1.50 metres in the high jump
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Clear
Officially show or declare (someone) to be innocent
His sport's ruling body had cleared him of cheating
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Give official approval or authorization to
I cleared him to return to his squadron
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Earn or gain (an amount of money) as a net profit
I would hope to clear £50,000 profit from each match
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Clear
Free from clouds, mist, or haze
A clear day.
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Clear
Not obscured or darkened; bright
Clear daylight.
A clear yellow.
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Easily seen through; transparent
Clear water.
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Clear
Free from flaw, blemish, or impurity
A clear, perfect diamond.
A clear record with the police.
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Free from impediment, obstruction, or hindrance; open
A clear view.
A clear path to victory.
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Plain or evident to the mind; unmistakable
A clear case of cheating.
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Easily perceptible to the eye or ear; distinct
The clear call of a songbird.
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Discerning or perceiving easily; keen
A clear mind.
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Free from doubt or confusion; certain
His meaning is clear.
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Free from qualification or limitation; absolute
A clear winner.
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Free from guilt; untroubled
A clear conscience.
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Clear
Having been freed from contact, proximity, or connection
At last we were clear of the danger. The ship was clear of the reef.
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Free from charges or deductions; net
A clear profit.
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Clear
Containing nothing
The ship's hold was clear.
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Distinctly; clearly
Spoke loud and clear.
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Out of the way; completely away
Stood clear of the doors.
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(Informal) All the way; completely
Slept clear through the night.
Read the book clear to the end.
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To make light, clear, or bright
The wind cleared the sky of clouds.
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To rid of impurities, blemishes, muddiness, or foreign matter
The new filter cleared the water.
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To free from confusion, doubt, or ambiguity; make plain or intelligible
Cleared up the question of responsibility.
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To rid of objects or obstructions
Clear the table.
Clear the road of debris.
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To make (a way or clearing) by removing obstructions
Clear a path through the jungle.
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To remove (objects or obstructions)
Clear the dishes.
Clear snow from the road.
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To remove the occupants of
Clear the theater.
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To remove (people)
Clear the children from the room.
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To move or shoot (a ball or puck) away from the goal or out of the defensive zone.
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To clear a ball or puck out of (the defensive zone), as in lacrosse or hockey.
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To rid (a memory location or buffer, for example) of instructions or data.
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To remove (instructions or data) from memory.
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To free from a legal charge or imputation of guilt; acquit
Cleared the suspect of the murder charge.
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To pass by, under, or over without contact
The boat cleared the dock.
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To settle (a debt).
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To gain (a given amount) as net profit or earnings.
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To pass (a bill of exchange, such as a check) through a clearing-house.
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To secure the approval of
The bill cleared the Senate.
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To authorize or approve
Cleared the material for publication.
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To free (a ship or cargo) from legal detention at a harbor by fulfilling customs and harbor requirements.
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To give clearance or authorization to
Cleared the plane to land.
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To free (the throat) of phlegm by making a rasping sound.
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To become clear
The sky cleared.
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To go away; disappear
The fog cleared.
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To exchange checks and bills or settle accounts through a clearing-house.
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To pass through the banking system and be debited and credited to the relevant accounts
The check cleared.
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To comply with customs and harbor requirements in discharging a cargo or in leaving or entering a port.
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A clear or open space.
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Transparent in colour.
As clear as crystal
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Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
The windshield was clear and clean.
Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation.
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Clear
Free of obstacles.
The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear.
The coast is clear.
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Without clouds.
Clear weather; a clear day
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(meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
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Free of ambiguity or doubt.
He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.
Do I make myself clear? Crystal clear.
I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean.
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Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
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(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
A clear conscience
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(of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
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Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
Clear of texture; clear of odor
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(Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
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Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
A clear intellect; a clear head
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Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
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Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
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Unmixed; entirely pure.
Clear sand
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Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
A clear complexion; clear lumber
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Without diminution; in full; net.
A clear profit
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Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
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All the way; entirely.
I threw it clear across the river to the other side.
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Not near something or touching it.
Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.
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Free (or separate) from others.
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In a clear manner; plainly.
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(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
Police took two hours to clear the road.
If you clear the table, I'll wash up.
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(transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
Please clear all this stuff off the table.
The loggers came and cleared the trees.
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(intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
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(intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
When the road cleared we continued our journey.
After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
Shake the test tube well, and the liquid should slowly clear.
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(transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
We need to clear this issue once and for all.
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(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
The court cleared the man of murder.
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(transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
The door just barely clears the table as it closes.
The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.
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To exceed a stated mark.
She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.
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To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.
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(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
The check might not clear for a couple of days.
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To earn a profit of; to net.
He's been clearing seven thousand a week.
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(transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.
The marketing department has cleared the press release for publication.
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(transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.
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(intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.
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(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
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To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
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To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
The goalkeeper rushed forward to clear the ball.
A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.
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To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
To clear an array;
To clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value
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To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
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(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
A room ten feet square in the clear
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(video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC).
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(Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear.
Fair as the moon, clear as the sun.
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Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
One truth is clear; whatever is, is right.
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Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
Mother of science! now I feel thy powerWithin me clear, not only to discernThings in their causes, but to trace the waysOf highest agents.
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Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
With a countenance as clearAs friendship wears at feasts.
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Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
Hark! the numbers soft and clearGently steal upon the ear.
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Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
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Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
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Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere,In action faithful, and in honor clear.
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Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
I often wished that I had clear,For life, six hundred pounds a-year.
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Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
My companion . . . left the way clear for him.
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Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
The cruel corporal whispered in my ear,Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear.
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Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear.
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In a clear manner; plainly.
Now clear I understandWhat oft . . . thoughts have searched in vain.
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Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
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To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.
He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north.
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To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
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To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.
Many knotty points there areWhich all discuss, but few can clear.
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To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.
Our common prints would clear up their understandings.
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To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; - often used with of, off, away, or out.
Clear your mind of cant.
A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter.
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To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; - often used with from before the thing imputed.
I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality.
How! wouldst thou clear rebellion?
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To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
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To gain without deduction; to net.
The profit which she cleared on the cargo.
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To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; - of the weather; - often followed by up, off, or away.
So foul a sky clears not without a storm.
Advise him to stay till the weather clears up.
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To become free from turbidity; - of solutions or suspensions of liquids; as, the salt has not completely dissolved until the suspension clears up; when refrigerated, the juice may become cloudy, but when warmed to room temperature, it clears up again.
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To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
He that clears at once will relapse; for finding himself out of straits, he will revert to his customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a habit of frugality.
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To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
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To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.
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The state of being free of suspicion;
Investigation showed that he was in the clear
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A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water;
Finally broke out of the forest into the open
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Rid of obstructions;
Clear your desk
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Make a way or path by removing objects;
Clear a path through the dense forest
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Become clear;
The sky cleared after the storm
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Grant authorization or clearance for;
Clear the manuscript for publication
The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
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Remove;
Clear the leaves from the lawn
Clear snow from the road
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Go unchallenged; be approved;
The bill cleared the House
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Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts;
The check will clear within 2 business days
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Go away or disappear;
The fog cleared in the afternoon
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Pass by, over, or under without making contact;
The balloon cleared the tree tops
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Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear;
Could you clarify these remarks?
Clear up the question of who is at fault
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Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment;
Clear the ship and let it dock
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Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.;
Clear the water before it can be drunk
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Yield as a net profit;
This sale netted me $1 million
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Make as a net profit;
The company cleared $1 million
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Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;
How much do you make a month in your new job?
She earns a lot in her new job
This merger brought in lots of money
He clears $5,000 each month
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Sell;
We cleared a lot of the old model cars
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Pass an inspection or receive authorization;
Clear customs
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Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
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Settle, as of a debt;
Clear a debt
Solve an old debt
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Make clear, bright, light, or translucent;
The water had to be cleared through filtering
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Rid of instructions or data;
Clear a memory buffer
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Remove (people) from a building;
Clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat
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Remove the occupants of;
Clear the building
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Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound;
Clear the throat
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Clear to the mind;
A clear and present danger
A clear explanation
A clear case of murder
A clear indication that she was angry
Gave us a clear idea of human nature
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Free from confusion or doubt;
A complex problem requiring a clear head
Not clear about what is expected of us
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Affording free passage or view;
A clear view
A clear path to victory
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Free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through;
Clear water
Clear plastic bags
Clear glass
The air is clear and clean
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Free from contact or proximity or connection;
We were clear of the danger
The ship was clear of the reef
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Characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt);
A clear conscience
Regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes
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Clear
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims;
Efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
Clear laughter like a waterfall
Clear reds and blues
A light lilting voice like a silver bell
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Clear
(especially of a title) free from any encumberance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law;
I have clear title to this property
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Clear
Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible;
As clear as a whistle
Clear footprints in the snow
The letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather
A spire clean-cut against the sky
A clear-cut pattern
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Clear
Accurately stated or described;
A set of well-defined values
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Free from clouds or mist or haze;
On a clear day
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Free of restrictions or qualifications;
A clean bill of health
A clear winner
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Free from flaw or blemish or impurity;
A clear perfect diamond
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Clear of charges or deductions;
A clear profit
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Easily deciphered
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Freed from any question of guilt;
Is absolved from all blame
Was now clear of the charge of cowardice
His official honor is vindicated
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Clear
Characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving;
Clear mind
A percipient author
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Of complexion; without such blemishes as e.g. acne;
The clear complexion of a healthy young woman
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Completely;
Read the book clear to the end
Slept clear through the night
There were open fields clear to the horizon
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In an easily perceptible manner;
Could be seen clearly under the microscope
She cried loud and clear
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Clear
Unobstructed or unimpeded.
The path ahead was clear of obstacles.
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Common Curiosities
Can a lengthy explanation still be Clear?
Yes, an explanation can be long and still be Clear if it's straightforward and unambiguous.
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Does Concise mean short?
Concise means expressing much in few words, which often results in a shorter message.
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Does a Clear instruction guarantee correct execution?
A Clear instruction improves the likelihood of correct execution but doesn't guarantee it.
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Is a Clear message always Concise?
No, a Clear message can be lengthy, especially if detailing a complex topic.
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What does it mean for a message to be Clear?
A Clear message is easily understandable and free from ambiguity.
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How is Concise different from Clear?
While Clear focuses on understandability, Concise emphasizes brevity.
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How can one improve clarity in communication?
To be Clear, one should avoid jargon, be straightforward, and ensure the message isn't ambiguous.
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Why is being Concise important in professional settings?
Being Concise ensures that time isn't wasted on unnecessary details, making communication efficient.
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Can Concise messages sometimes lead to confusion?
Yes, if being Concise compromises clarity, it can lead to confusion.
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Tayyaba RehmanTayyaba Rehman is a distinguished writer, currently serving as a primary contributor to askdifference.com. As a researcher in semantics and etymology, Tayyaba's passion for the complexity of languages and their distinctions has found a perfect home on the platform. Tayyaba delves into the intricacies of language, distinguishing between commonly confused words and phrases, thereby providing clarity for readers worldwide.
