"clarity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/ [UK], /ˈklæɹ.ə.ti/ [UK], /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/ [US], /ˈklɛɹ.ə.ti/ [US], [ˈklɛɹ.ə.ɾi] [US], /ˈklæɹ.ə.ti/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clarity.wav Forms: clarities [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹɪti Etymology: From Middle English claritee, from Old French clarté, from Latin clāritās, from clārus (“clear”); equivalent to clear + -ity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|claritee}} Middle English claritee, {{der|en|fro|clarté}} Old French clarté, {{der|en|la|clāritās}} Latin clāritās, {{suf|en|clear|ity}} clear + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} clarity (countable and uncountable, plural clarities)
  1. The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state or measure of being clear): qartësi (Albanian), shqipëri (Albanian), aydınlıq (Azerbaijani), я́снасць (jásnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), чистота (čistota) [feminine] (Bulgarian), яснота (jasnota) [feminine] (Bulgarian), claredat [feminine] (Catalan), 明晰 (míngxī) (Chinese Mandarin), 清晰 (qīngxī) (Chinese Mandarin), jasnost [feminine] (Czech), helderheid [feminine] (Dutch), klaarheid [feminine] (Dutch), klareco (Esperanto), selkeys (Finnish), clarté [feminine] (French), claridade [feminine] (Galician), Klarheit [feminine] (German), διαύγεια (diávgeia) [feminine] (Greek), σαφήνεια (safíneia) [feminine] (Greek), καθαρότητα (katharótita) [feminine] (Greek), בהירות (behirut) [feminine] (Hebrew), klareso (Ido), gléine [feminine] (Irish), glaine [feminine] (Irish), chiarezza [feminine] (Italian), 明快さ (meikaisa) (alt: めいかいさ) (Japanese), claritudo [feminine] (Latin), skaidrība [feminine] (Latvian), skaidrums [masculine] (Latvian), māramatanga (Maori), pūahoaho (Maori), روشنی (rowšani) (Persian), وضوح (vozuh) (Persian), klarowność [feminine] (Polish), jasność [feminine] (Polish), clareza [feminine] (Portuguese), claridade [feminine] (Portuguese), claritate (Romanian), я́сность (jásnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), jasnosť [feminine] (Slovak), claridad [feminine] (Spanish), klarhet (Swedish), స్పష్టత (spaṣṭata) (Telugu), я́сність (jásnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-clarity-en-noun-rgCN0MkW Disambiguation of 'the state or measure of being clear': 98 2 1 0
  2. The ability to be easily understood. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: clearness, obviousness, transparency
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  3. The ability to think clearly and rationally. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-clarity-en-noun-CXzz-lhA
  4. The ability to be easily heard. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-clarity-en-noun-L2MD0cZ2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disclarity, hyperclarity, inclarity, moment of clarity, post-nut clarity, unclarity

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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