Get to know Clue better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like clew or roll. In Dutch this translates to inlichten.
Clue in a sentence
Related words
Clue meaning
- A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
- Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
- An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
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Using Clue
- The main meaning on this page is: A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide. | Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. | An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
- Useful related words include: clew, roll, wrap, wind.
- Possible Dutch translations are: inlichten, informeren.
- In the example corpus, clue often appears in combinations such as: no clue, the clue, clue to.
Context around Clue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 11 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clue
- In this selection, "clue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, next, lesser, game, participants, cards and 100 stand out and add context to how "clue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a clue comes from and a physical clue but instead. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clue" sits close to words such as assessments, bargain and indoors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another clue is within group messages you both belong to. (10 words)
Another clue is that Anonymous Sudan appears to be well-funded. (11 words)
A: I had no clue that it was about to be announced. (12 words)
Also, this claim summary reminded me that health care purchases are far and away the largest purchases consumers make without having a clue what the cost of their purchases will be, and without having any effective way of doing comparison shopping. (41 words)
And I think the unique thing is no one in my life had ever been in the Hill, so similarly, I had no clue what working in on the Hill was like or what a congressional staffer did. (38 words)
After a fade to black, a title card "reveals" that, "Through the clue provided by Tyler, the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
When each clue is revealed, the seekers have 90 minutes to find each location and take a selfie with the image before the next clue is released.
For introductions, Russold asked each member to share a clue to their favorite Christmas song, and members guessed the song based on the clue.
GST Council has no clue of what the Finance Commission is doing and Finance Commission has even lesser clue of what the GST Council is doing,” he said.
Just as in the board game Clue, participants attempted to find clue cards that eliminated people, places, and weapons from involved suspicion in the missing person case.
Clue: 100% of the population has no clue how much they are really eating.
The clue "at Star's End" was not a physical clue, but instead based on an old saying, "All roads lead to Trantor, and that is where all stars end".
The cuckoo clue typically contains directions to limit how far the clue should travel to find a new home.
The first book contains the more modern looking clue game cover by Drew Struzan. citation Another book called "CLUE Code-Breaking Puzzles" was released in December 2008 written by Helene Hovanec.
A clue comes from the U.K., where a much less severe erosion of meritocracy has had malign consequences, as the reports.
A family insider said this week that the Toxic hitmaker ‘doesn’t have a clue about how her words are about to be blown up around the world’.
After a fade to black, a title card "reveals" that, "Through the clue provided by Tyler, the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding.
A: I had no clue that it was about to be announced.
Alan, a retired IT manager from nearby Emsworth, had no clue about the ghost diner mystery until a friend rang up and said the man looked a bit like him.
A late Saturday evening announcement might be a clue to the fact this was more of a confirmation of an expected appointment than surprising news.
Also, this claim summary reminded me that health care purchases are far and away the largest purchases consumers make without having a clue what the cost of their purchases will be, and without having any effective way of doing comparison shopping.
And I think the unique thing is no one in my life had ever been in the Hill, so similarly, I had no clue what working in on the Hill was like or what a congressional staffer did.
And so the McCallisters set off in a rush without a clue as to what – or rather who – they've just forgotten.
Another clue is that Anonymous Sudan appears to be well-funded.
Another clue is within group messages you both belong to.
Anyone who tells you this lives in "laa laa land" and have NO clue and probably haven't even used it extensively.
Common combinations with clue
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- no clue 46×
- the clue 20×
- clue to 19×
- clue what 18×
- clue that 15×
- have clue 15×
- clue how 14×
- clue about 13×
- clue is 8×
- clue as 8×