SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS

clarity

noun

The quality of being easy to understand, perceive, or distinguish.

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Ease of understanding

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Precision means exactness; clarity means the result is easy to understand.

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A simple diagram brought clarity to the complicated instructions.
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For her design seminar, Jo used an analogy between a crowded noticeboard and a busy screen: in both, competing messages could make one instruction hard to find. The comparison improved clarity because her classmates could picture a familiar situation before studying the diagram.
From Making the Seminar Clear.

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