Meaning of clue | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The board game Cluedo whose goal is to solve the mystery of a fictitious murder.
2. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
   archaic
3. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
4. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
5. Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

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Examples

“she had even had in the past a small smug conviction that in the domestic labyrinth she always kept the clue.”

“Give me a clue because the question is too vague.”

“Black tracks on the magneto, a hairline crack in the flywheel casing, pitted points or a spitless exhaust — all are clues to potential conkouts”

“The detectives were looking for some clues at the scene of the crime.”

“I had little clue that I was being carefully monitored by the CCTV.”

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