Hint vs In - What's the difference?
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A clue.
A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
A small, barely detectable amount of.
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, chapter=2 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. Also known as hinting .
(obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
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To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
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, chapter=4 To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
* Alexander Pope
To develop and add hints to a font.
# Contained by.
# Within.
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# Part of; a member of.
# Pertaining to (that particular thing).
# At the end of a period of time.
# Within a certain elapsed time
# During (said of periods of time).
Into.
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(obsolete) To enclose; to take in; to harvest.
* Shakespeare
(lb) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
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Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in , the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
(lb) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
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(lb) Abbreviation of in aid of.
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After the beginning of something.
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(sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
In fashion; popular.
Incoming.
(nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
(legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
As a noun hint
is a clue.As a verb hint
is to suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.As a preposition in is
in, into, within.hint
English
(wikipedia hint)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=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,
- I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to't.
Synonyms
* (small amount) see also .Verb
(en verb)- She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes .
citation, passage=“I have tried, as I hinted , to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”}}
- to hint a suspicion
- Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike.
- The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens .
Synonyms
* allude * imply * insinuate * suggestAnagrams
* ----in
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Preposition
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- In returning to the vault, I had no very sure purpose in mind; only a vague surmise that this finding of Blackbeard's coffin would somehow lead to the finding of his treasure.
- Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
- tourists sometimes attempt to pay in euros or British pounds.
Verb
- He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop.
Etymology 2
(etyl) inneAdverb
(-)Sunderland 2-2 West Brom, passage=The Black Cats had a mountain to climb after James Morrison's header and Shane Long's neat side-foot finish gave Albion a 2-0 lead five minutes in .}}
Noun
(en noun)- His parents got him an in with the company
Antonyms
* outAdjective
(en adjective)- Skirts are in this year.
- the in train''
- in''' by descent; '''in''' by purchase; '''in of the seisin of her husband
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