S vs Clue - What's the difference?
s | clue |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
(slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
To provide with a clue.
To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a noun clue is
a strand of yarn etc as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.As a verb clue is
to provide with a clue.s
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)Letter
Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}clue
English
Noun
(en noun)- she had even had in the past a small smug conviction that in the domestic labyrinth she always kept the clue .
Synonyms
* (information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion) hint, indication, suggestion * (object or indication which may be used as evidence) signatureDerived terms
* * clueless * cluestick / clue stick * cluey * have a clue * not have a clueSee also
* evidence * red herringVerb
- The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".
- Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.