clearer
より明確な
解説 Definition
clearer は clear（明確な、はっきりした）の比較級で、「より明確な」「よりはっきりした」という意味です。説明、音、考え、画像などが以前や別のものより分かりやすい場合に使います。
Clearer is the comparative form of clear. It describes an explanation, answer, sound, image, idea, or other thing that is easier to understand, hear, or see than another or than it was previously.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
clear「明確な、はっきりした」に比較級 -er を付けた clearer で、「比較対象より分かりやすい」が核。語尾の r と接尾辞が重なって er ではなく clearer と綴る。a clearer answer や clearer than the old one のように、説明・地図・音・画像を比べる場面で覚える。
Build clearer from clear plus the comparative suffix -er: clear–clearer–clearest. It means “more clear,” usually comparing two versions, states, or objects. Picture replacing a confusing map with one whose labels are easier to read, or adding an example that makes a rule easier to understand. Common patterns include a clearer answer, make something clearer, and clearer than the old one. Do not confuse clearer with a person or device that clears things; in these examples it is strictly the comparative adjective describing improved clarity.
例文
This map is clearer than the old one.
この地図は古いものより分かりやすいです。
Please give me a clearer answer.
もっと明確な答えをください。
The teacher made the rule clearer with an example.
先生は例を使ってその規則をより分かりやすくしました。
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clearer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
形容詞clearの比較級。clearは古仏語cler（明るい）からの借用で、ラテン語clārus（輝く、明瞭な）が語源。関連語にclarity（明晰さ）、declare（宣言する＝完全に明らかにする）。「光で照らされた＝はっきり見える」が原義。
Clearer is the regular comparative form of clear, created by adding the suffix -er. Clear entered English from Old French cler and ultimately comes from Latin clārus, which meant bright, distinct, renowned, or plainly audible. The physical idea of brightness and visibility expanded into the abstract sense of being easy to understand. Related words such as clarity retain the same historical root. Thus clearer indicates a greater degree of visibility, audibility, or comprehensibility.
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