Clive
Americannoun
-
Robert Baron Clive of Plassey, 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
-
a male given name, form of Cleve.
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Zimbabwe's exceptional fielding - Clive Madande and Tony Munyonga produced eye-catching stops on the boundary - also played a pivotal role in this victory.
From BBC
And yet, by Saturday evening, Lemon was greeted with a standing ovation at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammys fête.
From Salon
“I think it’s great, the value of the dollar. Look at the business we’re doing. The dollar’s doing great,” he told reporters during an event in Clive, Iowa.
From Barron's
“Epochs of high speculation coincide with higher stock market returns and higher economic growth,” write economic historians William Quinn, John Turner and Clive Walker.
However, Clive Bairsto argues that the utilities companies do work hard to co-ordinate where they can.
From BBC
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
