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clue
English
Etymology
Variant of clew (“a ball of thread or yarn”), from Middle English clewe, from Old English cl?ewen (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuw?n?, *klewô (“ball, bale”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klu?/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /klju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Homophone: clew
Noun
clue (plural clues)
- (now rare) 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.
- Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
Synonyms
- (information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion): hint, indication, suggestion
- (object or indication which may be used as evidence): signature
- (understanding): idea
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- evidence
- red herring
Verb
clue (third-person singular simple present clues, present participle cluing or clueing, simple past and past participle clued)
- To provide with a clue.
- To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
Derived terms
- clue in
- clued up
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Luce, leuc-, luce
Latin
Verb
clu?
- second-person singular present active imperative of clue?
Middle English
Noun
clue
- Alternative form of clewe
clue From the web:
- what clueless character are you
- what clues support your inference
- what clue character are you
fingerprint
English
Alternative forms
- finger-print
Etymology
From finger +? print.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?????p??nt/
Noun
fingerprint (plural fingerprints)
- The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
- The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
- 1974, Patricia Highsmith, Ripley's Game, chapter 7
- Nervously, he wiped the gun of fingerprints real and imaginary with the stocking-covered fingers.
- 1974, Patricia Highsmith, Ripley's Game, chapter 7
- (computing) Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem.
- A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
- A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
Hyponyms
- thumbprint
Derived terms
- fingerprint analysis
- fingerprint recognition
Translations
See also
- (computing): hash
Verb
fingerprint (third-person singular simple present fingerprints, present participle fingerprinting, simple past and past participle fingerprinted)
- (transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints.
- The jail staff fingerprints its inmates routinely
- (transitive) To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.
Translations
See also
- dactylography
- biometrics
fingerprint From the web:
- what fingerprint is most common
- what fingerprint pattern has two deltas
- what fingerprint pattern is most common
- what fingerprint has no deltas
- what fingerprint has one delta
- what fingerprint method is used today
- what fingerprint do i have
- what fingerprint pattern has symmetry
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