clique
A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common characteristic…A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common characteristic such as lifestyle or social status, or common purpose; specifically one formed for disreputable purposes, or which purports to be an authority on a particular matter; a cabal.
» Sami blended in with the clique.
Значение
значений: 4A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common characteristic such as lifestyle or social status, or common purpose; specifically one formed for disreputable purposes, or which purports to be an authority on a particular matter; a cabal.
Near-synonyms: circle, faction, gang
This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.
Clique
кли́каklíka, группиро́вкаgruppiróvka
клі́каklíka
(шире)A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
Clique
кли́каklíka
клікаklika
(интернет, шире)A group of related websites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
(China, шире, историческое)An informal faction in the Republic of China (1912–1949) led by one or more warlords exercising regional control through local armed forces (particularly during the Warlord Era); a regional junta.
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Примеры
предложений: 14Sami blended in with the clique.
Sami bounced from clique to clique.
Sami's school was very cliqued up.
Sami was part of the couple's clique.
Sami quickly blended in with the clique.
Переводы
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Происхождение
The noun is borrowed from French clique (“exclusive group of individuals; (archaic or obsoThe noun is borrowed from French clique (“exclusive group of individuals; (archaic or obsolete) group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”), from cliquer (“to clap; to clack, to click”), ultimately of imitative origin.
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