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# clarification

«clarification» in Mova's school dictionary: **An explanation that makes something clearer or easier to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (clarification, uncountable; a clarification, clarifications)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An explanation that makes something clearer or easier to understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clarification/#m1)

2) (science, cooking) Making a liquid clear by removing bits from it (clarifying butter or water). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clarification/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In class you can «ask for clarification» when you don't understand the instructions — it is a polite way to say «Could you explain that again?». In news, an official may give a clarification after a confusing statement. It tells the reader something unclear is being made clear. Phrases: «ask for clarification», «for clarification», «seek clarification».

### examples

- Can I ask for some clarification about the homework? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clarification/#x1)
- The teacher gave a quick clarification of the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clarification/#x2)
- For clarification, the trip is on Friday, not Thursday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clarification/#x3)
- The company issued a clarification after the mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clarification/#x4)
- The question needed clarification before we could answer it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clarification/#x5)
- Clarification of butter removes the milky bits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clarification/#x6)

### note

From the verb «clarify» (y changes to i: clarification). Usually uncountable, but «a clarification» is fine for one statement. Asking for clarification is a smart thing to do, not a sign of being slow.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clarification» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clarification/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.