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clue
[ kloo ]
noun
- anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.:
It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues and solve the murder before she becomes the next victim.
- a phrase or word provided as a hint to help find an answer or response in a crossword puzzle, on a game show, etc.:
The celebrity editor's name was featured as a clue on the long-running quiz show.
- an insight into or knowledge about something:
As a kid from the suburbs, Patrick has lived a sheltered life and doesn't have a clue how to survive on his own.
verb (used with object)
- to direct or point out by a clue.
- to help find (an answer in a puzzle or quiz) by providing a clue:
The four-letter “nose” was clued as “characteristic smell of wine.”
verb phrase
- to provide with useful or reliable information:
Clue us in on how these forms are to be filled out.
- to make familiar or aware:
Has she been clued in about the rules of this office?
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Origin of clue1
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Example Sentences
A cynic might say that the report is like the movie Clue, perfectly set up for a multiplicity of endings.
The worship that holds you for a few hours a week becomes, then, the clue to that deep truth inside.
The strongest clue is that piece of metal his wife chanced upon 23 years ago.
This particular bit of airplane was vivid with the possibility that it was a significant clue.
Martin was up on some of the more difficult passages, but managed to guess the wrong character from the clue of “Hodor!”
An estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
At last the report of several rifles from the island of trees gave us a clue to the mystery.
If the finder knows who the owner is or has a reasonable clue to the ownership, which he disregards, he is guilty of larceny.
If we knew more of it, we should see more clearly where religion and morality joined hands, but we know enough to give us a clue.
He sat down at a table near the door and searched the minds of the dancers for a clue to the meaning of what he saw.
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