clarification.

1. The process of making meaning or understanding clearer.

2. The removal of suspended particles or impurities from a liquid to make it clearer.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• clarification of terms
• request for clarification

On the page

Clarification of the terms narrowed the disagreement.

The request for clarification concerned the procedure rather than the result.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: explicit explanation, scope and categorization, proof and interpretation, philosophical foundations. Disciplines: academic writing, formal reasoning, philosophy. Commonness: moderately common.