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clearing

The correct spelling is clearing.

How to pronounce clearing

verb

IPA: /ˈklɪəɹɪŋ/

Say it like: Clee-rin-g

The correct spelling is clearing. To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from. For example: "If you clear the table, I'll wash up."

Usage Examples

If you clear the table, I'll wash up.

Please clear all this stuff off the table.

After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
  2. 2.To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
  3. 3.To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
  4. 4.To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
  5. 5.To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

noun

  1. 1.The act or process of making or becoming clear.
  2. 2.An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
  3. 3.An open space in the fog etc.
  4. 4.A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
  5. 5.A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.

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