clique
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clique (plural cliques)
- A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
- This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.
- 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings
- There had been talk of some disagreement about a picture, but in Sir Maxwell's experience, artists frequently disagreed about pictures, with no more consequences than a little cold-shouldering or the formation of a clique.
- (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
- The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
- (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
- 1999, "Jackie", someone help me out? (on newsgroup alt.fan.leo-dicaprio)
- Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.
- 2000, "- deanna -", ot: hiya (on newsgroup alt.fan.backstreet.boys)
- even though we're not "regulars" anymore...*sniffle*...we still can't forget the NG...i always tell new fans about it...(people who join my clique, etc...)...and besides...i owe the NG a LOT...itz where i met my best friend...
- 2001, "spee2k", future no doubt website.... (on newsgroup alt.music.no-doubt)
- you always have to click some big section and you get a whole new set of options in a different frame, thats[sic] usually on the other side of the screen. when you're there, you can choose from (in a section site stuff or something like that) link me, link you, links, top 10 links, free for all links, cliques, and webrings.
- 1999, "Jackie", someone help me out? (on newsgroup alt.fan.leo-dicaprio)
SynonymsEdit
- (small, exclusive group): coterie, inner circle, camp
AntonymsEdit
- (graph theory): independent set
HypernymsEdit
- (small, exclusive group): ingroup
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
small, exclusive group
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subgraph
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See alsoEdit
- claque (another type of ingroup of people with biased interests)
VerbEdit
clique (third-person singular simple present cliques, present participle cliquing, simple past and past participle cliqued)
- (intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
Usage notesEdit
- Often used in the form clique together.
See alsoEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clique f (plural cliques)
- Alternative spelling of kliek (“clique, coterie”).
- (graph theory) clique, subgraph
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clique f (plural cliques)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
VerbEdit
clique
- inflection of cliquer:
Further readingEdit
- “clique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from French clique.[1][2]
NounEdit
clique m (plural cliques)
- clique (small, exclusive group of people)
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from English click.[1][2]
NounEdit
clique m (plural cliques)
- click (sharp sound)
- (phonetics) (click)
- click (the act of pressing a button)
- light-bulb moment
- Não estava a conseguir chegar ao resultado, mas subitamente deu-se-me um clique.
- I was failing to reach the result, but suddenly I got a light-bulb moment.
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
clique
- inflection of clicar:
ReferencesEdit
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
clique
- inflection of clicar: