clarify
verb (used with object)
to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
clarified
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past participleof clarify.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof clarify.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
clarifyverb (used with object)to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
Example Sentences
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When Alma and Elisabet retreat to a seaside summer residence, presumably to facilitate the actress’s recovery, most viewers will assume that the matter will be clarified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The broader genetic analysis finally clarified the coral's evolutionary position.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said he had requested the pause until the facts of Monday's incident in Lens had been "clarified", with conflicting accounts offered by protesters and officials.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"I am suspending their use in the high school student protests until the facts of the incident have been clarified," said Nunez.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“The business would have been nice,” Kote clarified.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
