ALL meanings of clique
clique
C c - countable noun clique If you describe a group of people as a clique, you mean that they spend a lot of time together and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group. 3
- noun clique a small exclusive group of friends or associates 3
- noun clique a small, exclusive circle of people; snobbish or narrow coterie 3
- noun clique exclusive group 1
- noun Technical meaning of clique (mathematics) A maximal totally connected subgraph. Given a graph with nodes N, a clique C is a subset of N where every node in C is directly connected to every other node in C (i.e. C is totally connected), and C contains all such nodes (C is maximal). In other words, a clique contains all, and only, those nodes which are directly connected to all other nodes in the clique. 1
- noun clique A small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them. 1
- noun clique a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set. 1
- verb without object clique Informal. to form, or associate in, a clique. 1
- noun clique A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal. 0
- noun clique (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph. 0
- noun clique (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner. 0
- verb clique To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot. 0