"clue" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

clue sustantivo

sustantivo + clue
Kolokacji: 4
DJ Clue • puzzle clue • context clue • crossword clue
clue + verbo
Kolokacji: 15
clue comes • clue leads • clue points • clue lies • clue suggests • ...
verbo + clue
Kolokacji: 29
provide clues • offer clues • find clues • leave clues • search for clues • hold clues • look for clues • contain clues • get a clue • ...
adjetivo + clue
Kolokacji: 58
only clue • important clue • new clue • vital clue • visual clue • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(1) only, single, genetic
Kolokacji: 3
(3) new, early
Kolokacji: 2
(4) vital, critical, physical
Kolokacji: 3
(5) visual, hidden
Kolokacji: 2
(6) far, immediate
Kolokacji: 2
1. possible clue = możliwy trop possible clue
2. potential clue = potencjalny trop potential clue
  • Many biologists now say that step may have destroyed potential genetic clues to the culprit's identity.
  • A potential clue to the Panionium's location was the discovery of an inscription in the area in 1673.
  • The result has been a dwindling flow of potential clues.
  • But amid it all, Cardona had seized upon a potential clue.
  • His chest swelled and he felt like a hero, as if he had caught the murderer instead of just finding a potential clue.
  • You think just because we find one potential clue, we stop searching?
  • Every potential clue leads to small revelations, but bigger mysteries.
  • But with the benefit of much hindsight, investigators are seeing potential clues that went virtually unnoticed almost a decade ago.
  • In the report were new findings concerning potential clues that intelligence agencies did not adequately pursue before Sept. 11.
  • In search of potential clues, he slowed at every side road and used a spotlight, in order to examine the ground.
3. promising clue = obiecując trop promising clue
(10) subtle, cryptic, mysterious
Kolokacji: 3
(11) obvious, diagnostic
Kolokacji: 2
(12) final, definite
Kolokacji: 2
(14) false, certain, reliable, sure
Kolokacji: 4
(15) useful, helpful
Kolokacji: 2
(16) faint, vague
Kolokacji: 2
(17) intriguing, interesting
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + clue
Kolokacji: 9
for clues • of clues • with clues • to clues • from clues • ...

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