verb · neutral
clarify
UK/ˈklærɪfaɪ/US/ˈklærəˌfaɪ/CLAR·i·fy
Band 5-6speakingtask2
make something clear or easier to understand
Examples
“Can you clarify what you mean by "sustainable" in this context?”
“The lecturer clarified the main point at the end of the class.”
“Could you clarify whether the data includes samples from 2018?”
Band 8 sentence
“To avoid misinterpretation, the researcher clarified the sampling procedure in an appendix.”
Collocations
- clarify a point
- clarify the issue
- clarify meaning
Word family
clarification nounclarify verb
Common mistakes
clear→clarify
Say it for a higher band
5explain→6clarify→7+clarify
Synonyms
explain
Easily confused
explain
“Could you explain how you collected the data?”
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