CLARIFICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of removing solid particles from a liquid

Synonyms:

clarification; clearing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("clarification" is a kind of...):

improvement (the act of improving something)

Derivation:

clarify (make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating)

Meaning:

An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding

Example:

the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook

Synonyms:

clarification; elucidation; illumination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("clarification" is a kind of...):

interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clarification"):

disambiguation (clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity)

Derivation:

clarify (make clear and (more) comprehensible)