clique

  • 41clique — noun /klɪk,kliːk/ a) A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques. b) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph. The problem of finding the largest clique in an …

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  • 42clique — See clique, coterie …

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  • 43clique — Synonyms and related words: age group, associate with, assort with, band, battalion, bevy, body, brigade, bunch, cabal, cadre, camarilla, camp, cast, cell, charmed circle, chum, chum together, chum with, circle, clan, clique with, closed circle,… …

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  • 44clique — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. set, circle, group, coterie. See party, assemblage, exclusion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. coterie, set, circle, group, clan, club, inner circle, ring, band, gang, crew, faction, cabal, junta, network,… …

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  • 45Clique — Cli|que [ klikə, auch kli:kə] die; , n <aus gleichbed. fr. clique zu altfr. cliquer »klatschen«, also eigtl. »beifällig klatschende Menge«>: a) (abwertend) Personengruppe, die vornehmlich ihre eigenen Gruppeninteressen verfolgt; b) Freundes …

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  • 46Clique — Jugendgruppe ♦ Eine Clique, die die Schule auf den Kopf stellt …

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  • 47clique — noun (C) a small group of people who think they are special and do not let other people join them: A small clique of right wingers controls local affairs …

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  • 48clique — noun almost no one from her clique showed up at the reunion Syn: coterie, set, circle, ring, in crowd, group; club, society, fraternity, sorority; cabal, caucus; informal gang …

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  • 49clique — /klik / (say kleek), /klɪk/ (say klik) noun 1. a small set or coterie, especially one that is snobbishly exclusive. –verb (i) (cliqued, cliquing) 2. Colloquial to form, or associate in, a clique. {French, from Old French cliquer make a sharp… …

  • 50clique — nf., association // groupe // société // bande clique de gens peu recommandables : klika, bêda (Albanais 001). A1) fanfare : klika nf. (001, 083) …

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