word-vault/dist/data/cards/cl/clarity.json

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{
    "term": "clarity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the quality of being expressed clearly",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a lack of clarity in the law"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The brilliant clarity of his argument could not be faulted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She expressed herself with great clarity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's still no clarity about what sort of programme it's going to be."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "perfect"],
                "verb + clarity": ["have", "lack", "lose"],
                "preposition": ["with clarity", "clarity of"],
                "phrases": ["for the sake of clarity"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the ability to think about or understand something clearly",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**clarity of thought/purpose/vision**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "With painful clarity she remembered the day he had died."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "perfect"],
                "verb + clarity": ["have", "lack", "lose"],
                "preposition": ["with clarity", "clarity of"],
                "phrases": ["for the sake of clarity"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "if a picture, substance or sound has clarity, you can see or hear it very clearly, or see through it easily",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the clarity of the sound on the recording"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "perfect"],
                "verb + clarity": ["have", "lack", "lose"],
                "preposition": ["with clarity", "clarity of"],
                "phrases": ["for the sake of clarity"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəti/",
                "audio": "cl/clarity/clarity__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklærəti/",
                "audio": "cl/clarity/clarity__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘glory, divine splendour’): from Latin claritas, from clarus ‘clear’. The current sense dates from the early 17th cent."
}