Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to clue
Participle: clued
Gerund: cluing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | clue |
| you | clue |
| he;she;it | clues |
| we | clue |
| you | clue |
| they | clue |
Perfect
| I | have clued |
| you | have clued |
| he;she;it | has clued |
| we | have clued |
| you | have clued |
| they | have clued |
Past
| I | clued |
| you | clued |
| he;she;it | clued |
| we | clued |
| you | clued |
| they | clued |
Pluperfect
| I | had clued |
| you | had clued |
| he;she;it | had clued |
| we | had clued |
| you | had clued |
| they | had clued |
Future
| I | will clue |
| you | will clue |
| he;she;it | will clue |
| we | will clue |
| you | will clue |
| they | will clue |
Future Perfect
| I | will have clued |
| you | will have clued |
| he;she;it | will have clued |
| we | will have clued |
| you | will have clued |
| they | will have clued |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | clue |
| you | clue |
| he;she;it | clue |
| we | clue |
| you | clue |
| they | clue |
Perfect
| I | have clued |
| you | have clued |
| he;she;it | have clued |
| we | have clued |
| you | have clued |
| they | have clued |
Imperfect
| I | clued |
| you | clued |
| he;she;it | clued |
| we | clued |
| you | clued |
| they | clued |
Pluperfect
| I | had clued |
| you | had clued |
| he;she;it | had clued |
| we | had clued |
| you | had clued |
| they | had clued |
Conditional
Present
| I | would clue |
| you | would clue |
| he;she;it | would clue |
| we | would clue |
| you | would clue |
| they | would clue |
Perfect
| I | would have clued |
| you | would have clued |
| he;she;it | would have clued |
| we | would have clued |
| you | would have clued |
| they | would have clued |
Imperative
| you | clue |
| we | Let's clue |
| you | clue |
Verbs conjugated like 'clue'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'clue'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Cimbrian khnaul (“ball of yarn”), Dutch kluwe, kluwen (“ball thread or yarn, clew”), German Knäuel (“ballyarn; tangle”), Norwegian Nynorsk kljå (“a loom weight”); also Sanskrit ग्लौ (glau, “the moon; camphor; the earth”). See: Norwegian, nynorsk '
kljå'.
Sample Sentences
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The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".
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Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.
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I stared into my mind for some image to clue me what to say but I saw only blackness there. [2014, John Macgregor, The Antibiography of Ian Mcnulty:]
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If the lee-side of the sail were clued up, the risk would be small compared with what it would be were the sheet nearly aft and the whole sail full of wind on starting the tack. [1864, John McNeill Boyd, A Manual for Naval Cadets, page 444:]