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ALL CLEAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("all clear" is a kind of...):

permission (approval to do something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A signal (usually a siren) that danger is over

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("all clear" is a kind of...):

sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Is that all clear?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)