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hint
English
Etymology
From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-Germanic *hantijan?. More at hent. Related to hunt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
hint (plural hints)
- A clue.
- A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- A small, barely detectable amount of.
- (computing) 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.
- (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to't.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
Synonyms
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Descendants
Translations
Verb
hint (third-person singular simple present hints, present participle hinting, simple past and past participle hinted)
- (intransitive) To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
- She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
- (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
- to hint a suspicion
- We shall not describe this tragical scene too fully; but we thought ourselves obliged, by that historic integrity which we profess, shortly to hint a matter which we would otherwise have been glad to have spared.
- (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.
- The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:allude
Translations
Anagrams
- Nith, thin, thin'
Danish
Etymology 1
From English hint
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hen?d?]
Noun
hint n (singular definite hintet, plural indefinite hint or hints)
- hint, clue
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hi?nd?], [hind?]
Pronoun
hint
- neuter singular of hin
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from English hint.
Pronunciation
Noun
hint f or m (plural hints, diminutive hintje n)
- hint
Synonyms
- aanwijzing
See also
- tip
Verb
hint
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of hinten
- imperative of hinten
Hungarian
Etymology
From an unattested stem of unknown origin + -t (causative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hint]
- Hyphenation: hint
- Rhymes: -int
Verb
hint
- (transitive) to scatter, sprinkle (to cause a substance to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance))
- Synonyms: szór, hullat
Conjugation
Derived terms
- hintés
(With verbal prefixes):
References
Further reading
- hint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English hint.
Noun
hint n (definite singular hintet, indefinite plural hint, definite plural hinta or hintene)
- a hint
- 2014, "Grepet av deg" by Sylvia Day, Bastion Forlag ?ISBN [3]
- 2014, "Grepet av deg" by Sylvia Day, Bastion Forlag ?ISBN [3]
References
- “hint” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “hint” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English hint.
Noun
hint n (definite singular hintet, indefinite plural hint, definite plural hinta)
- a hint
References
- “hint” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian.
Verb
hint
- hunt
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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advert
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of advertisement
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ædv??(?)t/
Noun
advert (plural adverts)
- (Britain, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
Translations
Etymology 2
Middle English adverten, from Old French advertir (“to notice”), from Latin advertere (“to turn toward”). See also adverse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?v??(?)t/
Verb
advert (third-person singular simple present adverts, present participle adverting, simple past and past participle adverted)
- (intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to). [from 15th c.]
- 2007 September 9, the Vatican (trans.), Pope Benedict XVI (speaker), speaking in German at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Austria:
- At a time when creation seems to be endangered in so many ways through human activity, we should consciously advert to this dimension of Sunday, too.
- 2007 September 9, the Vatican (trans.), Pope Benedict XVI (speaker), speaking in German at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Austria:
- (obsolete, transitive) To turn attention to, to take notice of (something). [15th–19th c.]
- (intransitive) To call attention, refer (to). [from 18th c.]
- 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:
- ‘I have before suggested that a genuine blackguard is never without a pocket-handkerchief. But it is not to this fact that I now especially advert.’
- 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:
Synonyms
- refer
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- varted
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