Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - hint
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Hint
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~1 n 1 something that you say or do in order to tell someone something in an indirect way, so that they can guess what you mean (drop a hint (that) (=give a hint)) (Harry was dropping hints that he wanted to be invited to the party. | a broad hint (=one that is deliberately easy to understand) | take a/the hint (=understand someone's hint)) (I kept looking at my watch, but Laura wouldn't take the hint - she didn't leave till midnight.) 2 a very small amount or sign of something + of (There was a hint of anger in his voice. | a sauce with a hint of garlic) give no hint of/that literary (a blue sky that gave no hint of the storm to come) 3 a useful piece of advice about how to do something + on (helpful hints on looking after house plants) ~2 v to say something in an indirect way, but so that someone can guess what you mean + a (What are you hinting at?) hint (that) (I think she was hinting that I might be offered a contract.)
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(hints, hinting, hinted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A hint is a suggestion about something that is made in an indirect way. The Minister gave a strong hint that the government were thinking of introducing tax concessions for mothers... I’d dropped a hint about having an exhibition of his work up here... N-COUNT: oft N that • If you take a hint, you understand something that is suggested to you indirectly. ‘I think I hear the telephone ringing.’—‘Okay, I can take a hint.’ PHRASE: V inflects 2. If you hint at something, you suggest it in an indirect way. She suggested a trip to the shops and hinted at the possibility of a treat of some sort... The President hinted he might make some changes in the government. VERB: V at n, V that 3. A hint is a helpful piece of advice, usually about how to do something. Here are some helpful hints to make your journey easier... = tip N-COUNT: usu supp N 4. A hint of something is a very small amount of it. She added only a hint of vermouth to the gin... = trace N-SING: N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete hent act of seizing, from hent, verb Date: 1604 1. archaic opportunity, turn 2. a. a statement conveying by implication what it is preferred not to say explicitly b. an indirect or summary suggestion helpful ~s 3. a slight indication of the existence, approach, or nature of something ; clue 4. a very small amount ; suggestion with just a ~ of spice II. verb Date: 1648 transitive verb to convey indirectly and by allusion rather than explicitly a suspicion that she scarcely dared to ~ intransitive verb to give a ~ — usually used with at ~ at the answer Synonyms: see suggest • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a slight or indirect indication or suggestion (took the hint and left). 2 a small piece of practical information (handy hints on cooking). 3 a very small trace; a suggestion (a hint of perfume). --v.tr. (often foll. by that + clause) suggest slightly (hinted the contrary; hinted that they were wrong). Phrases and idioms hint at give a hint of; refer indirectly to. Etymology: app. f. obs. hent grasp, lay hold of, f. OE hentan, f. Gmc, rel. to HUNT ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. намек delicate (gentle) hint —- тонкий намек broad hint —- ясный (недвусмысленный) намек to give (to droop) (smb.) a hint —- намекнуть (кому-л.) to let fall (to throw out) a hint that —- намекнуть, что to take a hint —- понять намек, понять с полуслова not a (not the slightest) hint of surprise —- ни тени удивления 2. совет hints on housekeeping, hints for housewives —- советы домашним хозяйкам can you give me some hints on how to do this? —- не могли бы вы посоветовать (подсказать) мне, как это сделать? 3. очень маленькое количество a hint of garlic in the soup —- немножко чеснока в супе для запаха 4. намекать; давать понять to hint to smb. that —- намекнуть кому-л., что to hint at smth. —- намекать на что-л. he hinted that he knew more —- он дал понять, что сказал (далеко) не все he hinted that he would like to be invited —- он дал понять, что хочет, чтобы его пригласили little gustes of wind hinted at a storm to follow —- легкие порывы ветра предвещали приближение бури ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) намек to drop (let fall, throw out) a hint - намекнуть - gentle hint - take a hint 2) совет hints on housekeeping - советы по хозяйству 3) налет, оттенок not a hint of surprise - ни тени удивления Syn: implication, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, suggestion Ant: affirmation, assertion, declaration 2. v. намекать (at - на) The government minister hinted at an early election, but refused to give an exact date. ...Англо-русский словарь
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