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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
clarification
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
further
▪ It would also have the incidental advantage of further clarification of expectations of managers.
▪ When a complaint is received the committee generally seeks further clarification from the firm.
▪ However, please do not hesitate to contact me if further clarification is needed prior to it being distributed.
▪ Please advise me if you require further clarification of any of these matters.
▪ This egregious nonsequitur requires further clarification, if only for your myriad younger readers.
▪ But doubts are bound to linger and further clarifications are required to dispel them.
▪ Another Republican Education Department document, published in 1970, offers further clarification.
▪ Two elements in this brief require a little further discussion and clarification.
seeking
▪ I am simply seeking clarification of the regulations for future reference.
▪ The fact that seeking clarification is so prevalent reminds us what a potentially confusing behaviour building can be.
▪ We are urgently seeking clarification of the reports of further shootings on 15 November.
▪ On average in a meeting, seeking clarification and giving clarification amount to 44 percent of all the spoken behaviours.
■ VERB
ask
▪ I asked Mr Berge for clarification.
▪ The amateur crypto-hackers challenge each statement, asking for clarification, mulling it over until each understands.
▪ The most important thing is to stay calm, give yourself time to think and ask for clarification if necessary.
▪ They nodded approval, then asked Rice for clarification of certain details.
▪ It means asking promoting questions and also repeating what seems to have been said in order to ask for clarification.
▪ Whenever you ask a question of clarification or ask for information nine times out of ten clarification or information is forthcoming.
▪ If you ask for clarification then nine times out of ten you will get it.
▪ They collect data like information sponges: watching, listening, asking for clarification.
need
▪ The arcane language of the Treaty of Tlatelolco needs a little clarification.
▪ The sponsors of Proposition 218 are acknowledging that the complex initiative needs clarification and fine-tuning.
▪ The exemption you refer to certainly needs clarification.
▪ A few roles also need clarification.
▪ We need to have clarification of the role Helen Hoy would be expected to play in the new set-up.
▪ Read 2-106 and call me back later if anything needs clarification.
▪ In which case, the purpose of authorities may need clarification and reinforcement by ministers.
▪ Bates described it as confusing and needing clarification.
provide
▪ Not surprisingly, what an existentialist account of existence does not provide is a clarification of the conditions of objectivity.
▪ If requested, a participating State will provide appropriate clarification regarding its implementation of the Code.
require
▪ Please advise me if you require further clarification of any of these matters.
▪ This egregious nonsequitur requires further clarification, if only for your myriad younger readers.
▪ His concept of prayer, however, requires analysis and clarification in view of his expressed preference for an impersonal and formless Absolute.
▪ But even this apparently simple principle requires some clarification before we go further.
▪ If you have any questions or require clarification of any aspect of this letter please do not hesitate to contact me.
seek
▪ Mark passages to which you want to refer or where you wish to seek clarification.
▪ Encourage the students to seek clarification of the directions and to talk to one another about what is happening.
▪ I sought clarification on a point he had made at the press conference.
▪ When a complaint is received the committee generally seeks further clarification from the firm.
▪ Any students who feel they may not be eligible may contact the University to seek clarification of their position.
▪ However, there are some matters on which we will seek clarification or assurance.
▪ He borrowed my cyrillic typewriter and wrote a long letter to Minister of Culture Demichev, seeking clarification of the position.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Apart from the ultimate uses of his work, its intended purpose is clarification.
▪ He employed a mediation model that eliminated the divisive win-lose element from arguments and substituted the goal of clarification.
▪ I sought clarification on a point he had made at the press conference.
▪ If requested, a participating State will provide appropriate clarification regarding its implementation of the Code.
▪ Provide some definition or clarification of your subject-matter. 4.
▪ The arcane language of the Treaty of Tlatelolco needs a little clarification.
▪ The process of confirmation and clarification attempts to solve both problems.
▪ These did not involve substantial changes, and often introduced useful clarifications and examples.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clarification

Clarification \Clar`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. clarification, L. clarificatio glorification.]

  1. The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

  2. The act of freeing from obscurities.

    The clarification of men's ideas.
    --Whewell.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
clarification

1610s, "act of clearing or refining" (especially of liquid substances), from French clarification, from Late Latin clarificationem (nominative clarificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of clarificare (see clarify). The meaning "statement revising or expanding an earlier statement but stopping short of a correction" is attested by 1969, originally in newspapers.

Wiktionary
clarification

n. 1 The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurity; particularly, the clearing or fine of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent. 2 The act of freeing from obscurity.

WordNet
clarification

  1. n. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" [syn: elucidation, illumination]

  2. the act of removing solid particles from a liquid [syn: clearing]

Wikipedia
Clarification

Clarification or clarify may refer to:

  • Clarification (journalism)
  • Clarification (cooking), purification of broths
  • Clarification, preparation of clarified butter
  • Clarification and stabilization of wine
  • Clarification (water treatment)
  • Clarifications The Wire episode

See also:

  • The Clarification, Clarification concerning status of Catholics becoming Freemasons

Usage examples of "clarification".

The Fuehrer considers it necessary that we be not taken by surprise by the outbreak of a German-Polish conflict while we are striving for a clarification of German-Russian relations.

He therefore considers a previous clarification necessary, if only to be able to take into account Russian interests in case of such a conflict, which would, of course, be difficult without such a clarification.

Although the more casual reader may wish to skip the endnotes completely, the more diligent reader will find in the notes amplifications of points made in the text, clarifications of ideas that have been simplified in the text, as well as a few technical excursions for those with mathematical training.

He left the conduct of the meeting largely to Eumenes, who struck Bisesa as a very smart cookie, and to Hephaistion, who would interrupt Eumenes, seeking clarification or even contradicting his colleague.

When we are ill there is a failure of coordination at one or more levels in these hierarchies, and the clarification of the relation of body to mind and psychosomatic illness requires a hierarchical approach.

Tom was now extremely vulnerable: If Sela asked for further clarification, there was no way that Tom was going to be able to dodge it.

And, predictably, anyone continually knitting his life into contexts of intention, import, and clarifications of meaning will in the end find that he has lost the sense of experiencing life.

So perhaps context, not clarification, is the saving grace of introductions such as those scattered through this collection.

Then, without further clarification, this odd woman hung up the phone.

Hobie listened quietly, only occasionally asking for clarification of a detail.

AI decided it was incumbent upon it to disobey directives and contact its owner, if only to seek clarification of those same prohibitions.

However, if they need any clarifications they'd rather not have to subpoena me from civilian life.

I suspect, also, that the Army doesn't want you making any clarifications to the press, which is the real reason they're holding on to you.

He interrupted again and again, asking for clarifications, trying to draw solid information from every nuance of her voice, her body language, her descriptions.

Desktops will receive the results and communicate with the Net to receive additional clarifications and instructions and to convey information gathered from their environment (mostly, from the user).