hint

CEFRB1

/hɪnt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small piece of information that helps you guess something.

  2. 02

    verb

    To suggest something without saying it directly.

Examples

  • There was a hint of fall in the air.

  • When I didn't know how to answer the question, he gave me a hint.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A small, barely detectable amount.

  2. An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.

  • I needed a hint to complete the crossword.

  • There was a hint of irony in his voice.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.