clue
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
clue (plural clues)
- (now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- she had even had in the past a small smug conviction that in the domestic labyrinth she always kept the clue.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
- An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
- (slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
- (information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion) hint, indication, suggestion
- (object or indication which may be used as evidence) signature
- (understanding) idea
- French: indice
- German: Anhaltspunkt, Hinweis, Faden
- Italian: indizio, pista
- Portuguese: indício, sugestão, pista
- Russian: ключ
- Spanish: pista, indicio
clue (clues, present participle cluing; past and past participle clued)
- To provide with a clue.
- The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".
- To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
- Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.
- French: informer
- German: informieren, unterrichten
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