hint

Senso (English)

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

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/hɪnt/

Inherited from inglese medio

Inherited from inglese antico

In summary

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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