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Definition of Cleared

1. Adjective. Rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush. "Played poker on the cleared dining room table"

2. Adjective. Freed from any question of guilt. "His official honor is vindicated"

Definition of Cleared

1. Verb. (past of clear) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cleared

1. clear [v] - See also: clear

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleared

clearance clearance hole clearance holes clearance sale clearances clearcole clearcreekite clearcut clearcutness clearcuts

clearcutting clearcuttings cleardown cleardowns cleare cleared (current term) cleared out clearedness clearer clearers

clearest cleareyed cleargie clearheaded clearheadedly clearheadedness clearie clearies clearing clearing bank

Literary usage of Cleared

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Juvenile Offenders & Victims: A National Report by Howard N. Snyder (1995)
"Clearance statistics provide a different perspective than do arrest statistics A crime is considered cleared once someone is charged with that crime. ..."

2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1840)
"cleared " 226 12346 " in foreign " entered " 88 11773 " " " cleared " 212 ... Statement of the Tonnage arrived at and cleared from the different ports of ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"cleared. Stream swept from right upper corner diagonally to lower left; immediately turning ... cleared, beginning at lower right and upper left corners. ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"... TONNAGE cleared AND ENTERED THE UNITED STATES. A Statement exhibiting the amount of Tonnage employed in the Foreign Trade, annually, from 1821 to 1842. ..."

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