clear – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to clear
Participle: cleared
Gerund: clearing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	clear
you	clear
he;she;it	clears
we	clear
you	clear
they	clear

Perfect

I	have cleared
you	have cleared
he;she;it	has cleared
we	have cleared
you	have cleared
they	have cleared

Past

I	cleared
you	cleared
he;she;it	cleared
we	cleared
you	cleared
they	cleared

Pluperfect

I	had cleared
you	had cleared
he;she;it	had cleared
we	had cleared
you	had cleared
they	had cleared

Future

I	will clear
you	will clear
he;she;it	will clear
we	will clear
you	will clear
they	will clear

Future Perfect

I	will have cleared
you	will have cleared
he;she;it	will have cleared
we	will have cleared
you	will have cleared
they	will have cleared

Subjunctive

Present

I	clear
you	clear
he;she;it	clear
we	clear
you	clear
they	clear

Perfect

I	have cleared
you	have cleared
he;she;it	have cleared
we	have cleared
you	have cleared
they	have cleared

Imperfect

I	cleared
you	cleared
he;she;it	cleared
we	cleared
you	cleared
they	cleared

Pluperfect

I	had cleared
you	had cleared
he;she;it	had cleared
we	had cleared
you	had cleared
they	had cleared

Conditional

Present

I	would clear
you	would clear
he;she;it	would clear
we	would clear
you	would clear
they	would clear

Perfect

I	would have cleared
you	would have cleared
he;she;it	would have cleared
we	would have cleared
you	would have cleared
they	would have cleared

Imperative

you	clear
we	Let's clear
you	clear

Indicative

Present

I	am clearing
you	are clearing
he;she;it	is clearing
we	are clearing
you	are clearing
they	are clearing

Perfect

I	have been clearing
you	have been clearing
he;she;it	has been clearing
we	have been clearing
you	have been clearing
they	have been clearing

Past

I	was clearing
you	were clearing
he;she;it	was clearing
we	were clearing
you	were clearing
they	were clearing

Pluperfect

I	had been clearing
you	had been clearing
he;she;it	had been clearing
we	had been clearing
you	had been clearing
they	had been clearing

Future

I	will be clearing
you	will be clearing
he;she;it	will be clearing
we	will be clearing
you	will be clearing
they	will be clearing

Future Perfect

I	will have been clearing
you	will have been clearing
he;she;it	will have been clearing
we	will have been clearing
you	will have been clearing
they	will have been clearing

Conditional

Present

I	would be clearing
you	would be clearing
he;she;it	would be clearing
we	would be clearing
you	would be clearing
they	would be clearing

Perfect

I	would have been clearing
you	would have been clearing
he;she;it	would have been clearing
we	would have been clearing
you	would have been clearing
they	would have been clearing

Verbs conjugated like 'clear'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'clear'

blear, clean, cleat, cleer, flear, lear, abear, afear, anear, arear,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material: blue-pencil, cancel, cross out, eliminate, erase, exclude, expunge, obliterate, remove, rub out, score, scrap, scratch, scrub, squelch, strike, strike out, terminate, delete

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ away (somebody), ~ (somebody) away, ~ off, ~ out something, ~ something out, ~ out, ~ up (something), ~ (something) up, ~ up something, ~ something up, ~ up,

Etymology

1. c.1280, from O.Fr. cler, from L. clarus "clear, bright, distinct," related to clamare "call out" (see claim), hence with an original sense of "clear-sounding." An O.E. word for this was sweotol. Of the weather, 1382; of meanings or explanations, c.1300. Sense of "free from encumbrance," apparently nautical, developed c.1500. The verb meaning "to leap clear over" is first attested 1791. Clearance is from 1563; meaning "permission to land or take off an aircraft" is from 1944, Amer.Eng. Clearing "land cleared of wood" is from 1683. Clearing house is 1832, the original one established 1775 in London by the bankers for the adjustment of their mutual claims for checks and bills, later extended to similar institutions.
2. From Middle English clere, from Anglo-Norman cler, from Old French cler (Modern French clair), from Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)). Cognate with Danish, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, Italian chiaro, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro. See: French 'clair', French 'clair'.

Verbs referencing "clear"

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Sample Sentences

[...] Emily; but, in plain words, there is no choice between selling these two and selling everything. Either they must go, or _all_ must. Haley has come into possession of a mortgage, which, if I don't clear off with him directly, will take everything before it. I 've raked, and scraped, and borrowed, and all but begged,—and the price of these two was needed to make up the balance, and I had to give [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] Our senator was a statesman, and of course could not be expected to cry, like other mortals; and so he turned his back to the company, and looked out of the window, and seemed particularly busy in clearing his throat and wiping his spectacle-glasses, occasionally blowing his nose in a manner that was calculated to excite suspicion, had any one been in a state to observe critically. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] and look first one way and then the other; not knowing which to take. Sometimes they stagger as if they were drunk, and sometimes are forced to lean against the fence, they 're so bad:—but they clear off in course of time. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] bread, butter, salmon, shad, liver, steak, potatoes, pickles, ham, chops, black-puddings, and sausages, he rose up and walked off. When everybody had done with everything, the fragments were cleared away: and one of the waiters appearing anew in the character of a barber, shaved such of the company as desired to be shaved; while the remainder looked on, or yawned over their newspapers. Dinner [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] the little rivulets that had trickled from the corners of their mouths in chewing, and dried there. Nor was the atmosphere quite free from zephyr whisperings of the thirty beds which had just been cleared away, and of which we were further and more pressingly reminded by the occasional appearance on the table-cloth of a kind of Game, not mentioned in the Bill of Fare. (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] blue smoke curling up into the sky. It stands in the corner of the poor field of wheat, which is full of great unsightly stumps, like earthy butchers’-blocks. Sometimes the ground is only just now cleared: the felled trees lying yet upon the soil: and the log-house only this morning begun. As we pass this clearing, the settler leans upon his axe or hammer, and looks wistfully at the people from the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] death; vaunted in England as a mine of Golden Hope, and speculated in, on the faith of monstrous representations, to many people 's ruin. A dismal swamp, on which the half-built houses rot away: cleared here and there for the space of a few yards; and teeming, then, with rank unwholesome vegetation, in whose baleful shade the wretched wanderers who are tempted hither, droop, and die, and lay their [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
Then, it was time to fire a gun, for a pilot; and almost before its smoke had cleared away, a little boat with a light at her masthead came bearing down upon us, through the darkness, swiftly. And presently, our sails being backed, she ran alongside; and the hoarse pilot, wrapped [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ Was ever such a sneaking varmint ? ” said one of the men; “ to come on his business, and he clear out and leave us this yer way ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ But you should _wash_ your dishes, and clear them away. ” “ Wash my dishes ! ” said Dinah, in a high key, as her wrath began to rise over her habitual respect of manner; “ what does ladies know ’ bout work, I want to know ? When ’ d Mas’r ever [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
- Skip, would you mind running it quickly ? - Yeah, um... [ clears throat ] (A Sprinkle of Christmas)

clear – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of clear

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'clear'

Verbs similar to 'clear'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "clear"

Sample Sentences