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clue

/klu/

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What does clue mean?

noun

  1. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  2. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  3. Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. The text that indicates an answer in a crossword puzzle.
  2. (archaic) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.

verb

  1. To provide with a clue.
  2. To provide someone with information which they lack (often used with "in" or "up").
  3. Alternative form of clew.

proper noun

  1. The board game Cluedo whose goal is to solve the mystery of a fictitious murder.

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IPA pronunciation

/klu/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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In the pages of books

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“I don’t see that,” said Clym, carefully concealing every clue to his own interrupted intention, which she plainly had not guessed.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
“That gentleman, miss,” says the Sergeant—with his steely-grey eyes carefully studying my young lady’s face—“has possibly put the clue into our hands.”
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
More book examples (3)
If I give you any clue to what I am, or to what I have been, you will unravel it, I know.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
When I quitted Geneva my first labour was to gain some clue by which I might trace the steps of my fiendish enemy.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
When I imagined that on seeing his pictures I should get a clue to the understanding of his strange character I was mistaken.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222