clear
adverb/klɪə(r)/
/klɪr/
Word Family
Idioms - clear adjective (≠ unclear)
- clearly adverb
- clarity noun
- clarify verb
- clarification noun
- clear (of something/somebody) away from something/somebody; not near or touching something/somebody
- Stand clear of the train doors.
- He injured his arm as he jumped clear of the car.
- By lap two Walker was two metres clear of the rest of the runners.
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- (especially North American English) all the way to something that is far away
- She could see clear down the highway into the town.
not near/touching
all the way
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cler, from Latin clarus.
Idioms
See clear in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarykeep/stay/steer clear (of somebody/something)
- to avoid a person or thing because they may cause problems
- Steer clear of the centre of town at this time of the evening.
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