clarity

[ klar-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.

  2. the state or quality of being clear or transparent to the eye; pellucidity: the clarity of pure water.

Origin of clarity

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English cler(e)te, clar(i)te, from Old French clarte, from Latin clāritāt-, stem of clāritās, equivalent to clear + -ity

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Other words from clarity

  • un·clar·i·ty, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for clarity

clarity

/ (ˈklærɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. clearness, as of expression

  2. clearness, as of water

Origin of clarity

1
C16: from Latin clāritās, from clārus clear

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