"clique" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kliːk/, /kliːk/, /ˈklɪk/ Audio: en-uk-clique.ogg [UK], en-uk-clique-3.ogg [UK], En-us-clique.ogg [US], En-us-clique.oga [US] Forms: cliques [plural]
Rhymes: -iːk, -iːk, -ɪk Etymology: Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|clique}} French clique Head templates: {{en-noun}} clique (plural cliques)
  1. A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal. Categories (topical): Collectives, People Synonyms (small, exclusive group): coterie, inner circle, camp Hypernyms (small, exclusive group): ingroup Translations (small, exclusive group): kliek (Afrikaans), klikë [feminine] (Albanian), طُغْمَة (ṭuḡma) [feminine] (Arabic), عُصْبَة (ʕuṣba) [feminine] (Arabic), زَمْرَة (zamra) [feminine] (Arabic), խառնակչախումբ (xaṙnakčʿaxumb) (Armenian), güruh (Azerbaijani), dəstə (Azerbaijani), клі́ка (klíka) [feminine] (Belarusian), кли́ка (klíka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), clica [feminine] (Catalan), colla [feminine] (Catalan), 小集團 (Chinese Mandarin), 小集团 (xiǎo jítuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 小圈子 (xiǎo quānzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 派系 (pàixì) (Chinese Mandarin), 朋黨 (Chinese Mandarin), 朋党 (péngdǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), klika [feminine] (Czech), klik [common-gender] (Danish), kliek [feminine] (Dutch), klikk (Estonian), kuppikunta (Finnish), clique [feminine] (French), კლიკა (ḳliḳa) (Georgian), Clique [feminine] (German), κλίκα (klíka) [feminine] (Greek), קְלִיקָה (klíka) [feminine] (Hebrew), klikk (Hungarian), aicme [feminine] (Irish), cricca [feminine] (Italian), conventicola [feminine] (Italian), congrega [feminine] (Italian), cosca [feminine] (Italian), camarilla [feminine] (Italian), consorteria [feminine] (Italian), associazione [feminine] (Italian), 派閥 (habatsu) (alt: はばつ) (Japanese), クリーク (kurīku) (Japanese), сұрқиялар тобы (sūrqiälar toby) (Kazakh), клика (klika) (Kazakh), 파벌 (pabeol) (alt: 派閥) (Korean), 패거리 (paegeori) (Korean), kliķe [feminine] (Latvian), klika [feminine] (Lithuanian), клика (klika) [feminine] (Macedonian), uepū (Maori), klikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), گروهک (goruhak) (Persian), klika [feminine] (Polish), koteria [feminine] (Polish), stronnictwo [neuter] (Polish), banda [feminine] (Polish), panelinha [feminine] (Portuguese), clique [masculine] (Portuguese), clică [feminine] (Romanian), кли́ка (klíka) [feminine] (Russian), кли̏ка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), klȉka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), klika [feminine] (Slovak), klika [feminine] (Slovene), pandilla [feminine] (Spanish), círculo [masculine] (Spanish), mundillo [masculine] (Spanish), bando [masculine] (Spanish), bolita [feminine] (Spanish), corrillo [masculine] (Spanish), klick [common-gender] (Swedish), กลุ่ม (glùm) (Thai), พวก (pûuak) (Thai), คณะ (ká-ná) (Thai), klik (Turkish), клі́ка (klíka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), bọn (Vietnamese), bè lũ (Vietnamese), đảng phái (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-clique-en-noun-rgxpiB1h Disambiguation of Collectives: 31 25 38 6 Disambiguation of People: 41 1 26 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 33 33 8 Disambiguation of 'small, exclusive group': 67 4 29 Disambiguation of 'small, exclusive group': 67 4 29 Disambiguation of 'small, exclusive group': 67 4 29
  2. (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph. Categories (topical): Graph theory, Collectives Translations (subgraph): (Chinese Mandarin), (tuán) (Chinese Mandarin), klika [feminine] (Czech), clique [feminine] (Dutch), klikki (Finnish), Clique [feminine] (German), קליקה (klíka) [feminine] (Hebrew), cricca [feminine] (Italian), кли́ка (klíka) [feminine] (Russian), clica [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-clique-en-noun-rqhO0vjO Disambiguation of Collectives: 31 25 38 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 33 33 8 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'subgraph': 17 61 22
  3. (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Collectives
    Sense id: en-clique-en-noun-zUqXf4Ny Disambiguation of Collectives: 31 25 38 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 33 33 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biclique, cliqueless, clique number, cliquey, coclique, hyperclique Related terms: cliquey, claque (english: another type of ingroup of people with biased interests)

Verb

IPA: /kliːk/, /kliːk/, /ˈklɪk/ Audio: en-uk-clique.ogg [UK], en-uk-clique-3.ogg [UK], En-us-clique.ogg [US], En-us-clique.oga [US] Forms: cliques [present, singular, third-person], cliquing [participle, present], cliqued [participle, past], cliqued [past]
Rhymes: -iːk, -iːk, -ɪk Etymology: Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|clique}} French clique Head templates: {{en-verb}} clique (third-person singular simple present cliques, present participle cliquing, simple past and past participle cliqued)
  1. (intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-clique-en-verb-DxRvLYZ2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques."
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          "text": "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.",
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          "roman": "xaṙnakčʿaxumb",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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          "code": "az",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "klikk"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "kuppikunta"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳliḳa",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "კლიკა"
        },
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          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Clique"
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          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "klíka",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "klíka",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "קְלִיקָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "klikk"
        },
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          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aicme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cricca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "conventicola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "congrega"
        },
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          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cosca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "camarilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "consorteria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "associazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "alt": "はばつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "habatsu",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "派閥"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kurīku",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "クリーク"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sūrqiälar toby",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "сұрқиялар тобы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "klika",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "клика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "alt": "派閥",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pabeol",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "파벌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "paegeori",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "패거리"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kliķe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "klika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "klika",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "клика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "uepū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klikk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "goruhak",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "word": "گروهک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "klika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "koteria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "stronnictwo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "banda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "panelinha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "clică"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 4 29",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "klíka",
          "sense": "small, exclusive group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кли́ка"
        },
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "güruh"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "word": "dəstə"
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    {
      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "klíka",
      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "word": "小集團"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ḳliḳa",
      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "word": "კლიკა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "klíka",
      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "word": "klikk"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "alt": "はばつ",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "paegeori",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "word": "klika"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banda"
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      "sense": "small, exclusive group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "panelinha"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "bọn"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "團"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "tuán",
      "sense": "subgraph",
      "word": "团"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "קליקה"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "cricca"
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      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Clique (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "clique"
}

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