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Synonyms for in the clear


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kleer
Phonetic Transcription : klɪər

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Définition of in the clear

Origin :
  • late 13c., "bright," from Old French cler "clear" (of sight and hearing), "light, bright, shining; sparse" (12c., Modern French clair), from Latin clarus "clear, loud," of sounds; figuratively "manifest, plain, evident," in transferred use, of sights, "bright, distinct;" also "illustrious, famous, glorious" (source of Italian chiaro, Spanish claro), from PIE *kle-ro-, from root *kele- (2) "to shout" (see claim (v.)).
  • The sense evolution involves an identification of the spreading of sound and the spreading of light (cf. English loud, used of colors; German hell "clear, bright, shining," of pitch, "distinct, ringing, high"). Of complexion, from c.1300; of the weather, from late 14c.; of meanings or explanations, "manifest to the mind, comprehensible," c.1300. (An Old English word for this was sweotol "distinct, clear, evident.") Sense of "free from encumbrance," apparently nautical, developed c.1500. Phrase in the clear attested from 1715. Clear-sighted is from 1580s (clear-eyed is from 1529s); clear-headed is from 1709.
  • As in innocent : adj blameless
  • As in virtuous : adj good, ethical; innocent
  • As in blameless : adj not responsible
  • As in lily-white : adj innocent
  • As in unblamable : adj innocent
  • As in uncorrupted : adj innocent
  • As in untainted : adj innocent
  • As in virginal : adj innocent

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