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verb · intransitive · rare

cliché

cli·ché

cliché · clichés · clichéed · clichéing

To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a clichéTo use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.

UK/ˈkliː.ʃeɪ/US/kliˈʃeɪ/

Meaning

1 senses

To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French cliché.

Unadapted borrowing from French cliché.

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Forms

clichés, clichéing, clichéed, clichéed

regular

Base form	cliché · to cliché
3rd person singular	clichés
Present participle	clichéing
Past simple	clichéed
Past participle	clichéed

Tenses

cliché · clichéed · will cliché · have clichéed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	cliché
he, she, it	clichés

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have clichéed
he, she, it	has clichéed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will cliché

Past simpleLesson

all persons

clichéed

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

clerkA2 cleverA1 cleverly clevernessC1 clickB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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