clarify

açıklığa kavuşturmak, netleştirmek

To make something clearer or easier to understand by explaining it in more detail.

• Could you clarify what you meant by that?
• The teacher clarified the instructions for the assignment.
• Let me clarify: we need the report by Friday.
• The physicist published a follow-up article to clarify the mathematical assumptions underlying her controversial quantum mechanics interpretation.
• During the parliamentary debate, the minister was asked to clarify whether the proposed legislation would apply retroactively to existing contracts.
• The textbook includes appendices designed to clarify technical terminology that might confuse readers unfamiliar with advanced statistical methods.

Eş anlamlılar: explain, elucidate, illuminate, clear up, make clear

Zıt anlamlılar: confuse, obscure, muddle, complicate

berraklaştırmak, durultmak

To make a liquid clear by removing solid particles, especially butter by heating.

• Clarify the butter by melting it slowly over low heat.
• The chef clarified the stock to make a consommé.

Eş anlamlılar: purify, filter, refine, clear

Zıt anlamlılar: cloud, muddy, contaminate