clearanceclear‧ance /ˈklɪərəns $ ˈklɪr-/ ●○○ noun 
She’ll race if she gets medical clearance from her doctor. Morris did not have a security clearance.2[countable, uncountable] official permission for a plane to take off or landclearance for The pilot requested clearance for an emergency landing.3[countable, uncountable] the removal of unwanted things from a place: the clearance of minefieldssnow/land/slum etc clearance flooding caused by forest clearance4[countable, uncountable] the amount of space around one object that is needed for it to avoid touching another object: There was less than a foot’s clearance between the ship’s sides and the wharf.5[countable, uncountable] a process by which a cheque goes from one bank to another6[countable] an occasion when a player in a game such as football kicks the ball away from his or her goal
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Siegert helped the movie crew get clearance to film in the park.
- The clearance of brush around houses helped prevent the fire from spreading.
- The pilot requested clearance to land at Narita Airport.
- Two months after his heart attack, Mason received medical clearance to go back to work.
- We expect that we'll have clearance from the Justice Department for the buyout in the first quarter of the year.
- We need twelve feet of overhead clearance for the truck.
- A visitor without security clearance must be signed for by the sponsor and accompanied at all times.
- For those holding anything less than a full clearance, red badges are issued.
- Hartzell claim improved take-off and climb performance, reduced noise and vibration, and better ground clearance.
- Most of the loss is attributed to population growth and rural poverty, leading to land clearance for agriculture.
- Schwartz opened the conversation by saying that the Agency had decided to reinstate the employee and restore his clearance.
- The pact calls for the destruction of all stockpiles within four years of ratification and the clearance of minefields within 10 years.
- The third came from another defensive clearance which found Connolly in his own half inside the centre circle.
Longman Language Activatorofficial permission to do something
when someone officially allows you to do something: permission to do something: · I had to get official permission to visit the prison.with/without somebody's permission: · We're not allowed to camp here without the farmer's permission.· The changes to the book were all made with the author's permission.
official permission to do something, especially written permission, from someone in a position of authority: · I must get authorization from your bank before I can accept a cheque for over fifty pounds.authorization to do something: · As a result of growing world tensions, the army requested authorization to establish another base at Battery Cove.
formal permission you give for something important that will affect you, your family, or your property: without somebody's consent: · The young couple were married without their parents' consent.give your consent: · The city authorities have given their consent to leases on two buildings in the centre of Moscow.written consent: · Before a woman can have an abortion, she needs to have written consent from two doctors.
official permission given by someone in a position of authority, after checking that what someone wants to do is legal, safe, or likely to be successful: · We expect that we'll have clearance from the Justice Department for the buyout in the first quarter of the year.clearance to do something: · The pilot requested clearance to land at Narita Airport.
informal permission from someone, especially someone important: without somebody's say-so: · Kathleen evidently ran things around the office and nothing could be done without her say-so.on somebody's say-so: · Tell him he can use the car, but only on my say-so.
British /license American official permission to do something, which is often used as a reason to do something wrong, especially something that will harm other people: license to do something: · The Secret Service seems to think they have a license to tap anyone's phone in the interests of "national security."· Some manufacturers see the current labelling regulations as licence to mislead shoppers.
WORD SETSacceptor, nounA/D, after date, adverbagio, nounAPACS, ARM, Asian Development Bank, nounATM, nounaval, nounbalance, nounbank, nounbank, verbbank account, nounbank balance, nounbankbook, nounbank card, nounbank draft, nounbanker, nounbanker's card, nounbanker's order, nounbank manager, nounbank mandate, bank money, banknote, nounbank rate, nounBBA, nounb/e, blank cheque, nounBoard of Banking Supervision, nounB of E, bounce, verbbuilding society, nounC/A, cap and collar, nouncapital adequacy, nouncard, nouncardholder, nouncash account, cash against documents, nouncash card, nouncash dispenser, nouncashier, nouncash machine, nouncash management, Cashpoint, nouncash ratio, central bank, nouncertificate of deposit, nouncertificate of protest, nouncharge account, nouncharge card, nouncheckbook, nounchecking account, nounchequebook, nouncheque card, nounCHIPS, CIB, clear, verbclearance, nounclearer, nounclearing bank, nounclearing house, nounClearing House Automated Payment System, nounClearing House Interbank Payments System, nounclient account, CMO, co-manager, nounComptroller of the Currency, nounconfirmed irrevocable credit, credit, verbcredit analysis, credit appraisal, credit control, credit facility, credit rationing, nouncross, verbcrossed cheque, nouncurrent account, nouncustodial account, debit, noundebit, verbdebit card, noundebit note, noundemand account, denomination, noundeposit, noundeposit account, noundeposit certificate, depositor, noundepository institution, deposit protection fund, noundevelopment bank, direct debit, noundirect deposit, noundiscount loan, documentary credit, draft, noundraw, verbeffective rate, EFTPOS, nounendorsee, nounendorser, nounescrow account, Euribor, nounEurodollar, nounEuropean interbank offered rate, export credit, extended credit, face amount, Federal funds, fiduciary, nounfinance charge, financial institution, nounforeign currency account, funder, nounFX, giro, nounhole-in-the-wall, nounidle balance, institutional investment, Issue Department, nounissuer, nounlodgment, nounlong-term credit, loro account, medium-term credit, merchant bank, nounmoney market, nounmoney order, nounnegotiable, adjectivenon-negotiable, adjectivenostro account, note issuance facility, notice account, NOW account, numbered account, overdraft, nounoverfunding, nounoverlend, verbpassbook, nounpayee, nounpaying-in book, nounpaying-in slip, nounpersonal credit, personal identification number, nounPIN, nounpostdate, verbpublic account, R/D, rediscounting, nounreserves, nounrevolving credit, risk analysis, nounsafety-deposit box, nounsave, verbsaver, nounsavings account, nounsavings bank, nounsecured credit, seignorage, nounself-liquidating, adjectiveshort-term credit, smart card, nounstanding order, nounstub, nounsuspense account, Switch card, nounteller, noununsecured credit, vostro account, yield spread,
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She’ll race if she gets medical clearance from her doctor. Morris did not have a security clearance. flooding caused by forest clearanceCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
She’ll race if she gets medical clearance from her doctor. Morris did not have a security clearance. flooding caused by forest clearance· No significant correlations were apparent between creatinine clearance and either duration of mesalazine treatment or cumulative mesalazine dose.· A 24-hour urine specimen should be collected to determine creatinine clearance, and protein and uric acid excretion.· At all times, renal function as assessed by serum creatinine and creatinine clearance remained normal.· In massive dose, however, 4-ASA may cause haematuria and reduce creatinine clearance, particularly in patients with pre-existing renal disease.
· Sami Hyypia's long clearance was craftily controlled by Murphy.
NOUN· Oesophageal transit and acid clearance have also been shown to be slower in these patients.· Figure 3 shows the relation between acid clearance time after acid perfusion and overnight exposure to acid.· As expected, the acid clearance time was shorter in patients with normal peristalsis.· Twenty three patients also had an acid clearance test before and after healing.· All volunteers underwent manometry, 33 had oesophageal transit studies, and 23 had acid clearance test.
· The area has escaped the ravages of war and forest clearance which have devastated most of the region.· Accelerated erosion was more widespread than in the second episode, reflecting extensive forest clearance by the Purépecha.
· Hartzell claim improved take-off and climb performance, reduced noise and vibration, and better ground clearance.· I also need more ground clearance.
· Statistics of process, such as arrests and clearance rates are accustomed indices of organizational success in a sanctioning system.· San Jose also trailed the nation, with a 12. 7 percent clearance rate.· Balri etal found that the metabolic clearance rate of G17 was lower in patients with duodenal ulcers than in controls.· Only five were solved, for a 41. 7 percent clearance rate, less than two-thirds the national average.· In one centre, the use of mechanical lithotripsy increased the endoscopic clearance rate of duct stones from 86% to 94%.· Experts say that many clearance rates often are unreliable measures of police performance.· Experts also say the clearance rates are most useful when comparing communities that are similar in size and income level.
· The challenge had come from Justice Department lawyers with top secret security clearances and from civilian Army drug counsellors.· The secrecy touches all who work there; even the cafeteria staffers must have security clearances.· Excuse me Major but I don't know you or your security clearance.· Thompson still is hiring and getting security clearances for his investigative staff and finding space for them to work.· A visitor without security clearance must be signed for by the sponsor and accompanied at all times.· In preparation for his job at Commerce, Huang received an interim security clearance while he was still working at Lippo.· He has dropped homosexuality as an impediment to security clearances.· Another son, Ron, is a Lockheed employee with a security clearance.
· But the end of slum clearance came more with a change in values: away from demolition, to conservation and rehabilitation.· However, slum clearance and replacement was for the poor.· It also extended them to cover land affected by new town designation orders, slum clearance orders and new street orders.· Not in urban development, not in city slum clearance, not in social welfare.· On a big estate - slum clearance - in the North.· Elsewhere slum clearance activity was much more piecemeal and avoided spectacular set pieces.· The Chamberlain Act also provided for subsidising slum clearance schemes.· Finally, dissatisfaction with housing conditions produced schemes for slum clearance or improvement and substantial house-building programmes.
· Twenty three patients also had an acid clearance test before and after healing.· All volunteers underwent manometry, 33 had oesophageal transit studies, and 23 had acid clearance test.
· Acid clearance time is a useful index of impaired oesophageal motor function.· The median clearance time of newly acquired human papillomavirus was 6 months.· Figure 3 shows the relation between acid clearance time after acid perfusion and overnight exposure to acid.· As expected, the acid clearance time was shorter in patients with normal peristalsis.
VERB· You will have to get clearance.· Thompson still is hiring and getting security clearances for his investigative staff and finding space for them to work.· She must have got clearance at Gravesend and sailed up on the ebb.· Investigators recommended that Flynn be reprimanded for failing to get required advance clearance of his remarks from the State Department.· It's an unscheduled stop, but he's already managed to get clearance.· I got clearance from Fred to move.
· Some hotels give a luggage clearance pass to the head porter when the account has been settled.· He has been given clearance to play.· The tower, knowing the Citation was on a priority flight, gave him immediate taxiing clearance to the runway.· Huang was given a top-secret clearance at Commerce after what Republicans have called a lax background investigation.· It is seldom possible to give a general overall clearance of a product for all export markets.· The old thick rad did not give enough clearance for a normal or any other type of fan.· Customs and Immigration officers boarded the aircraft as soon as it landed to give Jackson clearance to leave.· Goering means to come, and he wants us to give him clearance.
· Clearance applications require planning as it may take up to 30 days to obtain clearance.· They say they simply believe that Aldrich violated the rules by not obtaining full clearance for his manuscript.· Having obtained clearance, maintain your cleared altitude or flight level. 2.
· In preparation for his job at Commerce, Huang received an interim security clearance while he was still working at Lippo.
WORD FAMILYnounclarityclearanceclearingclarificationclearnessverbclearclarifyadverbclearclearlyadjectiveclear ≠ unclear
1[countable, uncountable] the process of getting official permission or approval for something: She’ll race if she gets medical clearance from her doctor. Morris did not have a security clearance.2[countable, uncountable] official permission for a plane to take off or landclearance for The pilot requested clearance for an emergency landing.3[countable, uncountable] the removal of unwanted things from a place: the clearance of minefieldssnow/land/slum etc clearance flooding caused by forest clearance4[countable, uncountable] the amount of space around one object that is needed for it to avoid touching another object: There was less than a foot’s clearance between the ship’s sides and the wharf.5[countable, uncountable] a process by which a cheque goes from one bank to another6[countable] an occasion when a player in a game such as football kicks the ball away from his or her goal