what does cliche means?

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Answer 1

hackneyed or trite something which is copied

Answer 2

Something typical.

Like it's "cliche" in romantic comedies that a man and woman get together, fight, break up, then get together at the end again. It's a cliche.

Something that would go against a cliche would be like the main character doing something unpredicted. For example, a guy fumbles the football and loses the game for his team and the movie is over (typically you wait till the end and the team wins).

Answer 3

1. overused expression, as in: A good business writer tries to avoid using a cliche . . a photoengraved pad printing plate made of steel or plastic .
2. An ostensibly "improvised" phrase that has been played many times by many musicians.
3. An expression that has lost originality and force through overuse . . a pattern describing salient features of a concept that supports recognition of that concept in some specified context by application of some specified comparison algorithm .
4. An overused phrase or expression.
5. The "inkable" steel or nylon plate etched with the image to be transferred to a silicone pad, and eventually to the part Used in pad printing .
6. Used in pad printing The "inkable" steel or nylon plate that is etched with an image to be transferred on to the silicone pad and then to the part . . a trite or obvious remark.

Answer 4

Depending on your use of the word (it sounds like you're going for the verb form), cliche refers to something that's used so often that it's overdone and has become a tired expression. When people are cliched or use cliches, it's a sign they lack originality. In writing, they're a no-no unless you seek to establish rapport with your audience right away and THEN get to the original stuff.

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Answer 5

2 entries found for cliche.
cliche

Clich'e \Cli`ch['e]"\, n. [F. clich['e], from clicher to stereotype.] A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.

Clich['e] casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


cliche

n : a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide]


Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

Answer 6

The term cliché (or cliche) is a phrase, expression, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel.

Answer 7

cli·ché also cliche (kl-sh) KEY

NOUN:

A trite or overused expression or idea: "Even while the phrase was degenerating to cliché in ordinary public use . . . scholars were giving it increasing attention" (Anthony Brandt).
A person or character whose behavior is predictable or superficial: "There is a young explorer . . . who turns out not to be quite the cliche expected" (John Crowley).

Answer 8

cli·ché also cliche (kl-sh) KEY

NOUN:

A trite or overused expression or idea: "Even while the phrase was degenerating to cliché in ordinary public use . . . scholars were giving it increasing attention" (Anthony Brandt).
A person or character whose behavior is predictable or superficial: "There is a young explorer . . . who turns out not to be quite the cliche expected" (John Crowley).

Answer 9

The term cliché (or cliche) is a phrase, expression, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel.

Answer 10

A cliche is an expression that is overused and loses its originality after a while.

Answer 11

Clich'e \Cli`ch['e]"\, n. [F. clich['e], from clicher to stereotype.] A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.

Clich['e] casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.