hint
Signification (Anglais)
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- A clue.
- An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- A small, barely detectable amount.
- 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.
- 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.
Concepts
alusion
laisser comprendre
un petit peu
toucher un mot de
Synonymes
give a hint
allude to
confidential information
sweep over
hint at
indirect reference
gesture silently
give a high sign
intimate 2
inti-mation
making a hint
half promise
hold out hopes
refer to
call attention
call attention to
half-word
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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/hɪnt/
Étymologie (Anglais)
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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