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  • 11Clue — trademark the US name for the game ↑Cluedo …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12clue — is the normal spelling in the group of meanings to do with signs or evidence. Clew, which is a variant of the same word, is now principally used as a nautical term meaning ‘the lower or after corner of a sail’ …

    Modern English usage

  • 13clue — clue1 S2 [klu:] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: clew ball of string (11 19 centuries), from Old English cliewen; from the use of a ball of string for finding the way out of a network of passages] 1.) an object or piece of information that helps… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14clue — 1 noun (C) 1 an object or piece of information that helps someone solve a crime or mystery: He didn t know who had sent the letter, and the envelope provided no clue. (+ to/about): We now have a clue to the time at which the murder took place. |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15clue — clue1 [ klu ] noun count ** 1. ) an object or fact that someone discovers that helps them solve a crime or mystery: search for/look for/find a clue: Detectives were brought in to help search for clues. clue to/as to/about: Police still have no… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16clue — I UK [kluː] / US [klu] noun [countable] Word forms clue : singular clue plural clues ** 1) a) an object or fact that someone discovers that helps them solve a crime or mystery search for/look for/find a clue: Detectives were brought in to help… …

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  • 17clue in — verb provide someone with a clue Can you clue me in? • Hypernyms: ↑hint, ↑suggest • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody * * * clue in (informal) To inform • • • …

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  • 18Clue — Cluedo (en Estados Unidos, Canadá y Latinoamérica) es un juego de mesa de misterio y asesinato originalmente publicado por Waddington Games, UK en 1948. Fue desarrollado por Anthony Pratt, un empleado de un abogado de Birmingham, Inglaterra.… …

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  • 19clue — n. 1) to discover, find, uncover a clue 2) to furnish, provide, supply a clue 3) an important, key, vital clue 4) a clue to (the police had no clue to her identity) * * * [kluː] find key provide supply a clue …

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  • 20clue — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good, important, useful, valuable ▪ vital ▪ obvious ▪ subtle ▪ …

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