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To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
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If you clear the table, I'll wash up.
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To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
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Please clear all this stuff off the table.
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To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
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After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
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To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
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We need to clear this issue once and for all.
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To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
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The court cleared the man of murder.
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To pass without interference; to miss.
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The door just barely clears the table as it closes.
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(activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
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She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.
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To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
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I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.
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Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
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The check might not clear for a couple of days.
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To earn a profit of; to net.
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He's been clearing seven thousand a week.
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To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
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Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.
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To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
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I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.
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To obtain a clearance.
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The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.
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To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
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To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
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To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
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A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.
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To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
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to clear an array; to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value
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To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.