{
    "term": "clarify",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "clarify",
            "heSheIt": "clarifies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "clarified",
        "pastParticiple": "clarified",
        "ingForm": "clarifying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make something clearer or easier to understand",
            "sensetop": "clarify somethingclarify what/how, etc…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **clarify a situation/problem/issue**",
                    "contextForm": "clarify something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hope this **clarifies my position**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law on data protection needs to be clarified."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Talking to someone has helped clarify my feelings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She asked him to clarify what he meant.",
                    "contextForm": "clarify what/how, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am happy to clarify any points that are still unclear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hope I managed to clarify things a little."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me clarify my position on this matter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The 1880s saw a major attempt to clarify the law and simplify court procedure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The illustrations are meant to clarify some of the points in the text."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are one or two issues that need to be clarified."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["fully", "exactly", "further"],
                "verb + clarify": ["attempt to", "seek to", "try to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make something, especially butter, pure by heating it",
            "sensetop": "clarify something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "clarified butter"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəfaɪ/",
                "audio": "cl/clarify/clarify__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəfaɪz/",
                "audio": "cl/clarify/clarifies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəfaɪd/",
                "audio": "cl/clarify/clarified__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cl/clarify/clarifying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəfaɪ/",
                "audio": "cl/clarify/clarify__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəfaɪz/",
                "audio": "cl/clarify/clarifies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəfaɪd/",
                "audio": "cl/clarify/clarified__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cl/clarify/clarifying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘set forth clearly’ and ‘make pure and clean’): from Old French clarifier, from late Latin clarificare, from Latin clarus ‘clear’."
}