hint

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A clue.
2. An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
3. A small, barely detectable amount.
4. 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.
5. An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
6. (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

suggestion

suggest

give a hint

allude to

confidential information

sweep over

hint at

indirect reference

tip off

information

gesture silently

give a high sign

pre-announce

intimate 2

inti-mation

making a hint

half promise

hold out hopes

refer to

call attention

call attention to

half-word

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/hɪnt/

From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną. Doublet of hent. Related also to hunt.

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