Clearとは意味・読み方・使い方

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Transparent in colour.

as clear as crystal
Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.

The windshield was clear and clean.

Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation.
Free of obstacles.

The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear.

The coast is clear.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  
  Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned, […] and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I 'd seen the roof of from the beach.
- 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
  
  " […] On the 18th of October, 1841, a very intense magnetic disturbance was recorded, and amongst other curious facts mentioned is that of the detention of the 10:05pm express train at Exeter for 16 minutes, as from the magnetic disturbance affecting the needles so powerfully, it was impossible to ascertain if the line was clear at Starcross. The superintendent at Exeter reported the next morning that someone was playing tricks with the instruments, and would not let them work."
Without clouds.

clear weather; a clear day
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  
  Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
(meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.

He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.

She made it clear that she dislike me.

I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean.
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
  
  From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
- 2021 February 23, Jeanne Sahadi, “So you got a PPP loan? Here’s what that means for your state taxes”, in CNN Business‎:
  
  In several months you’re likely to have a clearer picture on how your state intends to treat your forgiven PPP loan and the deductibility of your business expenses not just for tax year 2020 but also tax year 2021.
- 2021 June 30, Anthony Lambert, “A railway station fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 934, page 42:
  
  NR Chairman Sir Peter Hendy had made it clear that he didn't want anything that smacked of the bus shelters seen at many small, usually unstaffed stations.
- 2025 January 28, David Goldman and Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump just gave his clearest picture yet of what new tariffs could look like”, in CNN Business‎:
  
  But Trump laid out his clearest message yet on tariffs during an address to House Republicans on Monday, spelling out what imports his administration plan to tax first.
Distinct, sharp, well-marked.

Synonym: conspicuous
(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.

a clear conscience
- 1754, Alexander Pope, “Verses occasioned by Mr. Addison 's treatise of medals”, in Joseph Addison, Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, page 5:
  
  Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere,
  In action faithful, and in honour clear
(of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.

clear of texture; clear of odor
(Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- 1971, Leonard Cohen, Famous Blue Raincoat:
  
  Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair. She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear. Did you ever go clear?
Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.

a clear intellect; a clear head
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  
  Mother of Science, Now I feel thy Power
  Within me cleere, not onely to diſcerne
  Things in thir Cauſes, but to trace the wayes
  Of higheſt Agents
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
  
  with a countenance as clear / As friendship wears at feasts
Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- c. 1708, Alexander Pope, Ode On St. Cecilia's Day:
  
  Hark! the numbers, soft and clear
  Gently steal upon the ear
Unmixed; entirely pure.

clear sand
Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.

a clear complexion; clear lumber
- 1975, Janis Ian, “At Seventeen”:
  
  high school girls with clear-skinned smiles
Without diminution; in full; net.

a clear profit
- 1728, Jonathan Swift, Horace, Lib. 2, Sat. 6:
  
  I often wished that I had clear
  For life, six hundred pounds a year
(of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
  
  The signals were clear to allow the train through Soham, as it steadily approached.
(MLE) Good, the best.

Nando's is clear.
(MLE) Better than, superior to.

Spurs are clear of Arsenal.

同意語

(transparency): pellucid, transparent; See also Thesaurus:transparent
(free of ambiguity or doubt): See also Thesaurus:comprehensible of Thesaurus:explicit
(distinct): See also Thesaurus:distinct
(easily or distinctly heard): See also Thesaurus:audible
(unmixed): homogeneous

反意語

(antonym(s) of “transparency”): opaque, turbid
(antonym(s) of “bright”): See also Thesaurus:dark
(antonym(s) of “without clouds”): cloudy, nebulous; See also Thesaurus:nebulous
(antonym(s) of “free of ambiguity or doubt”): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible and Thesaurus:confusing
(antonym(s) of “of a soup”): thick
obscure

下位語

crystal clear

派生語

Terms derived from clear (adjective)

all-clear
all clear
as clear as a bell
as clear as day
as clear as mud
clear-air turbulence
clear and convincing evidence
clear as a bell
clear as a mirror
clear as crystal
clear as day
clear as mud
clear as print
clear as the sun at noonday
clear blue water
clear-channel
clearcoat
Clear Creek
clear-cut
clear cut
clear-eyed
cleareyed
clear-headed
clearheaded
clear-headedness
Clear Hills County
clear ice
clearie
Clear Lake
clearly
clearness
clear-obscure
clearomizer
clear quartz
clear sailing
clear-sighted
clearskin
clearsome
clearspan
Clearspring
clearstarch
clear stuff
clear-swept
cleartext
clear title
clear view screen
clearwater
clearway
clearweed
cleary
crystal-clear
crystally clear
everclear
free and clear
hyperclear
keep a clear head
keep clear
line-clear
loud and clear
make oneself clear
nonclear
overclear
see a way clear to
see one's way clear to
see the way clear to
semiclear
severe clear
superclear
the coast is clear
ultraclear
unclear

派生した語

→ Welsh: clir

副詞

clear (not comparable)

All the way; entirely.

I threw it clear across the river to the other side.
Not near something or touching it.

Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.
Free (or separate) from others.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎:
  
  Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season.
In a clear manner; plainly.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  
  Now clear I understand
  What oft my steadiest thoughts have searched in vain
- 1988, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses‎:
  
  I want you to know how he spoke: he spoke loud, and he spoke clear.
- 1992, Orson Scott Card, Cruel Miracles‎:
  
  Can't they see for themselves? Course not. Looks like dust to them, so they can't see it clear at all
- 2005, Sammatha Crosby Scott, There's a War Inside of Me‎, page 111:
  
  I would get very short with people and speak clear of my feelings without consideration of their feelings.
- 2009, Stephen James Shore, Annalea A Princess in Exile‎, page 160:
  
  Then I heard clear your mother 's voice, crying out in distress!
- 2010, Jack Mayatt, A Better Man: An Inspirational Book‎, page 20:
  
  Now when God called him, Moses told God immediately that he could not speak clear enough to be this leader.

派生語

steer clear

動詞

clear (third-person singular simple present clears, present participle clearing, simple past and past participle cleared)

(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

Police took two hours to clear the road.

If you clear the table, I'll wash up.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  
  “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
  Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].
- 1715–8, Matthew Prior, “Alma: or, The Progreſs of the Mind” in Poems on Several Occaſions (1741), canto III, p.297:
  
  Faith, Dick, I muſt confeſs, ’tis true
  (But this is only Entre Nous)
  That many knotty Points there are,
  Which All diſcuſs, but Few can clear.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  
  ‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’
- 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
  
  Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
(transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.

Please clear all this stuff off the table.

The loggers came and cleared the trees.
- 1711 November 6, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 215:
  
  […] Aristotle has brought to explain his Doctrine of Substantial Forms, when he tells us that a Statue lies hid in a Block of Marble; and that the Art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous Matter, and removes the Rubbish.
(intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199:
  
  Then the whole population cleared into the forest, expecting all kinds of calamities to happen, while, on the other hand, the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic, in charge of the engineer, I believe.
(intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.

When the road cleared we continued our journey.

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

Shake the test tube well, and the liquid should slowly clear.
(transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.

We need to clear this issue once and for all.
(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

The court cleared the man of murder.
- 1713, John Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Antient and Modern:
  
  […] yet I appeal to the reader, and am sure he will clear me from Partiality.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy, act III, scene v:
  
  How! Wouldst thou clear rebellion?
(transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.

The door just barely clears the table as it closes.

The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.
(transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.

She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.
(transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).

I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.
(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

The check might not clear for a couple of days.
(transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.

He's been clearing seven thousand a week.
- 1843, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II‎, volume I, chapter V:
  
  The profit which she cleared on the cargo […] cannot be estimated at less than a thousand guineas.
(transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.

Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.

The marketing department has cleared the press release for publication.
(transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.

I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.
(intransitive) To obtain a clearance.

The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.
(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- 1613, Francis Bacon, The E ſſaies (second edition), essay 18: “Of Expences”:
  
  Beſides, he that cleares at once will relapſe: for finding himſelfe out of ſtraights, he will reuert to his cuſtomes. But hee that cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his Eſtate.
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.

The goalkeeper rushed forward to clear the ball.

A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1-0 Bolton”, in BBC‎:
  
  Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.
(transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

to clear an array; to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value
(transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- 2010, Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One For Dummies, page 290:
  
  To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.
(transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.

To prevent any shooting accidents, remember to clear your pistol and stay aware of your surroundings.

同意語

(clear a forest): stub

派生語

名詞

clear (plural clears)

(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

a room ten feet square in the clear
(video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.

It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC).
(Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- 1985, Rodney Stark, William Sims Bainbridge, The Future of Religion, page 269:
  
  Today, clear status can be conferred only by high ranking ministers of the church, and clears are not presented for examination by outsiders.

参考

in the clear

参照

“clear”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “clear”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

Carle, 'clare, Clare, Caler, Carel, carle, recal, lacer

(as) cléar as a béll	(as) cléar as crýstal
(as) cléar as dáy	The cóast is cléar.

cléar awáy	cléar óff
cléar óut	cléar the áir
cléar the décks (for áction)	cléar úp


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