Meaning

2 senses

  1. To provide with a clue.

    The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".

    informieren, unterrichten

  2. To provide someone with information which they lack (often used with "in" or "up").

    Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.

More definitions
  • roll into a ball

Examples

209 sentences

  1. I have no clue what you're going to do.

    Я уяви не маю, що ви робитимите. — deniko

    ruПонятия не имею, что ты будешь делать. — odexed

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  2. I don't have the slightest clue.

    Я не маю найменшої уяви. — deniko

    ruНе имею ни малейшего понятия. — marafon

    deIch habe nicht die leiseste Ahnung. — Sudajaengi

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  3. I have no clue what you're talking about.

    Я не маю уяви, про що ти говориш. — deniko

    ruЯ понятия не имею, о чём ты. — marafon

    deIch habe keine Ahnung, wovon du überhaupt sprichst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I have no clue.

    Уяви не маю. — deniko

    ruПонятия не имею. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch habe keine Ahnung. — kolonjano

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  5. You've missed an important clue.

    Ти прогледів важливу річ. — ChickenKiev

    ruТы упустил важный намёк. — AntonKhorev

    deDu hast einen wichtigen Hinweis übersehen. — Esperantostern

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to provide with information:

Origin

Variant of clew (“a ball of thread or yarn”), from Middle English clew, clewe, clowe, clue

Variant of clew (“a ball of thread or yarn”), from Middle English clew, clewe, clowe, clue, clwe, clyw, clywe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen, clīowen, clīwen, clȳwe, clȳwen (“ball, sphere; skein”), from Proto-West Germanic *kliuwīn (“ball, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwīną, *klewô (“bale, ball, clump, mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; lump, swelling”). Sense evolution with reference to the one which the mythical Theseus used to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. More at clew.

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Forms

clues, cluing, clued, clued
Base formclue · to clue
3rd person singularclues
Present participlecluing
Past simpleclued
Past participleclued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclue
he, she, itclues

Past simpleLesson

all personsclued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave clued
he, she, ithas clued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill clue

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • roll into a ball:clew

Word family

4 related words
Derivedclue inclue upclued upunclued

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • have no clue
  • no clue what
  • no clue
  • have a clue
  • any clues

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clubA1clubhousecluckcluelessclumpclumsily

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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