Meaning of Hint | Babel Free

Definitions

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. An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“I needed a hint to complete the crossword.”

“He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.”

“There was a hint of irony in his voice.”

“I could taste a hint of lemon in my iced water.”

“And I perceived no touch of change, ⁠No hint of death in all his frame, ⁠But found him all in all the same, […]”

“Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,[…].”

“This font does not scale well to small sizes; the hints for the 10-point letter 'g' still need work.”

“I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to't.”

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