Hint

  • 11hint — I noun adumbration, allusion, clue, connotation, covert allusion, cue, faint outline, faint suggestion, foreshadowing, idea, implication, indication, indirect suggestion, inference, inkling, insinuation, intimation, significatio, slight… …

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  • 12hint at — index imply, mention, refer (direct attention) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13hint — (n.) c.1600, apparently from obsolete hent, from M.E. hinten to tell, inform (c.1400), from O.E. hentan to seize, from P.Gmc. *hantijanan (Cf. Goth. hinþan to seize ), related to hunt. Modern sense and spelling first attested in Shakespeare. The… …

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  • 14hint — vb intimate, insinuate, imply, *suggest Analogous words: allude, advert, *refer Contrasted words: voice, utter, *express, vent: declare, *assert, affirm, aver, profess …

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  • 15hint — I UK [hɪnt] / US noun Word forms hint : singular hint plural hints ** 1) [countable] something that you say to show what you are thinking or feeling, without saying it directly hint that: Was this a hint that he d had enough of her company for… …

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  • 16hint — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 suggestion ADJECTIVE ▪ big, broad, clear (esp. BrE), heavy, not so subtle (esp. AmE), obvious, strong ▪ He gave a broad hint that he w …

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  • 17hint — hint1 [ hınt ] noun ** 1. ) count something that you say to show what you are thinking or feeling, without saying it directly: hint that: He seemed so relaxed and gave no hint that anything was wrong. take a/the hint (=understand what someone… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18hint — hint1 [hınt] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from hent act of seizing (16 17 centuries), from Old English hentan to seize ] 1.) something that you say or do to suggest something to someone, without telling them directly ▪ There have been… …

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  • 19hint — I n. 1) to drop, give a hint 2) to take a hint 3) a broad, obvious; delicate, gentle, subtle hint 4) the merest hint 5) a hint about, of (a hint about the answer; a hint of suspicion) 6) a hint that + clause (she dropped a hint that she would… …

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  • 20Hint — Cet article a pour sujet le groupe de musique Hint. Pour une définition du mot « hint », voir l’article hint du Wiktionnaire. Hint est un groupe de fusion rock chaotique français, originaire d Angers et formé en 1994. Influencé tant par …

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