clear – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to clear sth up
Participle: cleared sth up
Gerund: clearing sth up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

you	clear sth up
we	Let's clear sth up
you	clear sth up

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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