(v. t.) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
(v. i.) To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
(n.) A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
Example Sentences:
(1) The tunes weren't quite as easy and lush as they had been, and hints of dissonance crept in.
(2) "Hints that the license fee payer will be hit are the closest the Tories come to explaining how they intend to pay for this."
(3) There is never any chink in her composure – any hint of tension – and while I can't imagine what it must feel like to be so at ease with one's world, I don't think she is faking it.
(4) Following a first-half surrender, they performed appreciably better in the second period with little cameos hinting at better days to come – eventually.
(5) #IfTheyGunnedMeDown tackled the way in which people of colour, especially men, are represented in the media (hint: usually as thuggish and criminal).
(6) In addition, practical hints on other means of retention are offered, with the emphasis on nuisance-free and easy application.
(7) Henry had hinted during a recent interview with French newspaper L’Equipe he could be interested in a future coaching role with the Gunners, and Wenger insisted on Tuesday that Henry’s return is a certainty when asked about a reunion with the former France striker.
(8) | Amy Lawrence Read more Sampdoria have already expressed their interest in bringing Balotelli back to the league where he has represented both Internazionale and Milan, and now Bologna’s director of sport, Pantaleo Corvino, has hinted at a loan deal.
(9) The slogan will be unveiled at a rally in Warwick tomorrow, but Alexander gave no hint of Gordon Brown calling an election before 6 May, emphasising the need for a slow reappraisal of Labour to take root.
(10) While Chinese media have not spelt out Zhou's woes explicitly, the hints have grown more blatant by the month, with some identifying him via his family relationships.
(11) Governor Mark Carney once hinted that a UK rate rise might be on the horizon.
(12) In a speech focused on national security, Liam Fox , who is trailing his fellow Tory leadership candidates in terms of support from MPs, hinted that he had doubts that a candidate without significant experience could handle the job.
(13) It would have been unprecedented for a large bloc such as the Freedom Caucus to have voted against the party’s choice of nominee, as they had hinted they might do with Webster.
(14) Furthermore it was possible to confirm the postoperative space of time needed until restoration of an undisturbed bladder function as a relatively reliable prognostic hint to the expected success of the operation.
(15) I got a hint of the price she has paid for her ambidextrous approach to cultural identify after her last interview was published, when a shocking number of British Pakistani men got in touch to denounce her as a shameful infidel.
(16) This is no time for partisan politics | Simon Jenkins Read more Downing Street has also hinted that the 1% cap on public sector pay increases could be lifted in the autumn budget, after a growing number of Tory MPs aired their concerns about the policy continuing.
(17) He has remained mostly out of sight since his defeat, but recently, while stopping short of any explicit pledge of a comeback, he and his entourage have dropped heavy hints that he may return to the frontline of French politics to "save" the country.
(18) It's set in Tokyo, presumably for the Nakatomi connection, and Trebilcook hinted on Twitter that we might see some old faces again.
(19) In an article for the Sunday Times, Cameron hinted that other nations in Europe – many of them dependent on Russian gas – are less willing to consider sanctions that could hit their own economies.
(20) There has been nothing explicit to confirm as much, but the hints have been there.
Tacit
Definition:
(a.) Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.
Example Sentences:
(1) Last month following a visit to Islamabad Ben Emmerson QC, the UN's special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, said he had been given assurances that there was no "tacit consent by Pakistan to the use of drones on its territory".
(2) Salmond also made a tacit admission that the "Brown bounce" – the prime minister's success in rebuilding voters' confidence during the financial crisis – had been a factor.
(3) The reform was killed off last summer by Tory MPs acting, initially at least, with the tacit approval of David Cameron.
(4) Russia's strongman garners tacit support, and even some quiet plaudits, from some of the world's most important emerging powers, starting with China and India.
(5) If we remain silent, the racists will treat this as tacit endorsement – and history will damn us for it.
(6) Graphic: theguardian.com Senior special operations officials have cited the detentions policy inertia as contributing to the tacit preference for killing terrorism suspects instead of capturing them.
(7) Cameron: we can compromise with Russia to end Syrian war Read more Third, Putin appears to have succeeded in gaining tacit acceptance of the de facto situation in Ukraine.
(8) A tacit conspiracy builds up on both political extremes that is entirely to the detriment of women.
(9) In an age of economic crisis, the tacit assumption of the governing class is that political reform is superseded by the growing demand for security.
(10) While the reshuffle may be partly to appease fans who resent his position as a figurehead, it could also be seen as a tacit admission that Ashley got a big football decision horribly wrong last season, in deciding not to replace Alan Pardew and almost suffering relegation as a result.
(11) The purpose of the present study was to examine the tacit coordination in interdependent relationships between two persons.
(12) As part of the process of appointing a CEO, there would have been informal discussions with major shareholders to get their opinions and tacit approval.
(13) The US had previously signalled its tacit support for the military's actions by giving the go-ahead for the jets' delivery , and by avoiding terming Morsi's overthrow as a coup.
(14) In a tacit reference to Sarkozy's re-election ambitions for 2012, he said this should be done "without artificial electoral fever".
(15) In 1997, Labour and the Lib Dems came to an informal accord to limit their campaigning in some of each other’s target seats and tacitly encouraged anti-Tory tactical voting (in the Cheshire seat of Tatton, the two parties stood down to make way for the independent Martin Bell, who defeated the corrupt Tory MP Neil Hamilton).
(16) Having persuaded Murdoch that his version of Labour, which ditched the term socialist in favour of New, along with clause IV, was no threat to Murdoch’s global ambitions, Blair secured the tacit and even overt support of the Tory press.
(17) The very people Corbyn and Stein condemn at home for their racism, they tacitly endorse abroad.
(18) This policy change is a tacit admission of what Edward Snowden (and 2001 whistleblower William Binney before him) had been claiming, namely that the warrantless surveillance of US citizens by the NSA and other government agencies does, in fact, violate the constitution of the United States.
(19) Any such levity, however, is leavened by the tacit acknowledgment that existence is futile, and we are all just bags of flesh and bones whiling away the days before death and putrefaction sets in.
(20) But it remains to be seen if Netanyahu will risk further alienating Obama with tacit shows of support for Romney without being confident of a Republican victory.