clearance
clearance Lexical Profile
clearance Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Official authorization or permission for a person, vehicle, or action to proceed, or the status of having passed a security check allowing access to restricted information or areas.
"The engineer had to wait several weeks to receive her high-level security clearance before starting the project."
The action or process of removing unwanted items, obstacles, or structures from a space, or a retail sale in which merchandise is disposed of at reduced prices.
"She bought her winter coat at a steep discount during the store's annual end-of-season clearance."
The clear open space or distance between two objects, especially the space available for a vehicle, vessel, or machine part to pass beyond or beneath an obstruction without colliding.
"The delivery truck could not pass under the old stone bridge because the vertical clearance was only ten feet."
In soccer, rugby, and other field sports, an act of kicking, hitting, or throwing the ball away from the defending goal area to prevent the opposing team from scoring.
"The defender made a crucial goal-line clearance in the final minute to preserve the victory."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in English during the mid-16th century from the verb 'clear' (ultimately from Latin 'clarus', meaning bright or distinct) combined with the noun-forming suffix '-ance'.