Clue Definition

klo͝o
clued, clueing, clues, cluing
noun
clues
Something that leads out of a perplexity; esp., a fact or object that helps to solve a problem or mystery.
Webster's New World

Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

Wiktionary

An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.

Wiktionary
(slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
Wiktionary
verb
clued, clues, cluing
To indicate by or as by a clue.
Webster's New World
To provide with the necessary information.
Webster's New World
To provide with a clue (often used with "in" or "up").
The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
  • hide
  • keep secret

Other Word Forms of Clue

Noun

Singular:
clue
Plural:
clues

Origin of Clue

  • Variant of clew (“a ball of thread or yarn”), from Middle English clewe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen (“sphere, ball, skein; ball of thread or yarn; mass, group”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwīną, *klewô (“ball, bale”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew-, *gelew- (“to amass, conglomerate; clump, ball, bale”). Sense evolution with reference to the one which the mythical Theseus used to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. More at clew.

    From Wiktionary

  • Variant of clew (from Theseus's use of a ball of thread as a guide through the Cretan labyrinth)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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