hint

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
2. (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
3. (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.

Intj

Signifies that something previously said should be taken as a hint or heeded closely.

Concepten

tip

zinspelen

opperen

aanwijzing

allusie

influisteren

een wenk geven

alluderen

suggereren

inademen

inblazen

inboezemen

insinueren

inspireren

ophalen

overhalen

overreden

te denken geven

toespelen

toespeling

wenk

zinspeling

implicatie

insinuatie

laten doorschemeren

vingerwijzing

aanduiden

hint

aanklacht

aantijging

bepraten

beschuldiging

bezielen

duiden

een toespeling maken

impliceren

Synoniemen

suggestion

suggest

clue

intimation

imply

insinuate

intimate

insinuation

trace

indication

allusion

tip

inkling

sign

signal

prompt

indicate

cue

give a hint

allude to

allude

implication

lead

touch

steer

tinge

key

🔑

gesture

innuendo

advice

allegory

confidential information

scent

wind

point

omen

warn

breath

speck

suspicion

consequence

significance

connotation

propound

remind

soupcon

meaning

overtone

pinch

mite

Vertalingen

Hinweis

accenno

Andeutung

alludere

allusion

andeuten

indication

sugerir

indirecta

Wink

👋

Tipp

indice

allusione

υπαινιγμός

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hɪnt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: hinten

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hentan

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.