hint
IPA: hˈɪnt
noun
- A clue.
- An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- A small, barely detectable amount.
- (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
- (databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
- (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
verb
- (intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
- (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
- (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.
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Examples of "hint" in Sentences
- Was the sign in the movie a hint
- It contains a hint of superciliousness.
- The idiot got the hint and logged off.'
- There were hints in the German Wikipedia.
- Contrarily, i found no hint of trouble there.
- It allows for a hint of informality to creep in.
- The basis for recusal is the mere hint of impropriety.
- But their first hint of displeasure was to move the article.
- The debauchery hinted at in their music was not merely a pose.
- The debauchery hinted at in their music was not merely a pose,.
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