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Rarecliques
The correct spelling is cliques.
How to pronounce cliques
noun
Say it like: Cli-kwe-s
The correct spelling is cliques. A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal. For example: "This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques."
Usage Examples
“This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.”
“The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
- 2.A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
- 3.A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
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