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{
"derived": [
{
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"word": "broad hint"
},
{
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"word": "drop a hint"
},
{
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"word": "get the hint"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Irish hint"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "take a hint"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "take the hint"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "type hint"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hint",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: hint",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: hint"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "hint",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: hint",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: hint"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ヒント",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "hinto"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ヒント (hinto)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ヒント (hinto)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "hint",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: hint",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: hint"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "hint",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: hint",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: hint"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "hint",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: hint",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: hint"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "hinten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English hinten",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "hynten"
},
"expansion": "hynten",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "henten",
"t": "to lay hold of, catch"
},
"expansion": "henten (“to lay hold of, catch”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hentan",
"t": "to seize, grasp"
},
"expansion": "Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hantijan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hantijan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hantijaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hantijaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hent"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of hent",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hunt"
},
"expansion": "hunt",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną. Doublet of hent. Related also to hunt.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hints",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hint (plural hints)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I needed a hint to complete the crossword.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A clue."
],
"id": "en-hint-en-noun-fv5VcOud",
"links": [
[
"clue",
"clue"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "talmīḥ",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "تَلْمِيح"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aknark",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "ակնարկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padkázka",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "падка́зка"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padkáz",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "падка́з"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podskazka",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подсказка"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pista"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indici"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ànshì",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "暗示"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vodítko"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klíč"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nápověda"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aanwijzing"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "vihje"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "indice"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indicio"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pista"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hinweis"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tipp"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wink"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fingerzeig"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anleitung"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rémez",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "רֶמֶֶז"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "tipp"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "útmutatás"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vísbending"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "petunjuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "leid"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accenno"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "allusione"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indizio"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aiuto"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dritta"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suggerimento"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hinto",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "ヒント"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"alt": "てがかり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tegakari",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "手がかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"alt": "いとぐち",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "itoguchi",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "糸口"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"alt": "あんじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "anji",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "暗示"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hinteu",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "힌트"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "silmari",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "실마리"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"alt": "暗示",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "amsi",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "암시"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "potkažúvanje",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "поткажу́вање"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "námek",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́мек"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "tīwhiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "tuwhiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hint"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hint"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "podpowiedź"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dica"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "indício"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podskázka",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подска́зка"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navódka",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наво́дка"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "namjók",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "намёк"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gliocas"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "на̏говешта̄ј"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "на̏говјешта̄ј"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nȁgoveštāj"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nȁgovještāj"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pista"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indicio"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ledtråd"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sūcana",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "సూచన"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "คำใบ้"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "ipucu"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidkázka",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "підка́зка"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 11 2 1 2 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidkáz",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "підка́з"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement."
],
"id": "en-hint-en-noun-F8y68ejC",
"links": [
[
"implicit",
"implicit"
],
[
"suggest",
"suggest"
],
[
"direct",
"direct"
],
[
"statement",
"statement"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "namjók",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "намёк"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "námek",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́мек"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "narážka"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "náznak"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"word": "aludo"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"word": "aludeto"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"word": "vihje"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Andeutung"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wink"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anspielung"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tipp"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"word": "célzás"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"word": "utalás"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "námek",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́мек"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hint"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hint"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"word": "indireta"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "namjók",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "намёк"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indirecta"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buscapié"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tacit suggestion",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "antydan"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 49 2 8 10 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "20 80 1",
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"sense": "express suggestively",
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{
"_dis1": "20 80 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "express suggestively",
"word": "indiciar"
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{
"_dis1": "20 80 1",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "express suggestively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "20 80 1",
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"word": "vihjeistää"
}
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{
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],
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"2": "hint",
"bor": "1"
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"2": "hint",
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"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "I could taste a hint of lemon in my iced water.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
"text": "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,[…].",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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}
],
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],
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"computing#Noun"
],
[
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"font"
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[
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"glyph"
],
[
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"pixel"
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[
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"hinting"
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],
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
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],
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"database"
],
[
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"instruction"
],
[
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"database engine"
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[
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"query"
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[
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"execute"
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[
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"databases",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
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],
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],
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"opportunity"
]
],
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],
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]
}
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"word": "modicum"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "talmīḥ",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "تَلْمِيح"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aknark",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "ակնարկ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padkázka",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "падка́зка"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padkáz",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "падка́з"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podskazka",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подсказка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pista"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indici"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ànshì",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "暗示"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vodítko"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klíč"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nápověda"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aanwijzing"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "vihje"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "indice"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indicio"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pista"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hinweis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tipp"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wink"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fingerzeig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anleitung"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rémez",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "רֶמֶֶז"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "tipp"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "útmutatás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vísbending"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "petunjuk"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "leid"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accenno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "allusione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indizio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aiuto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dritta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suggerimento"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hinto",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "ヒント"
},
{
"alt": "てがかり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tegakari",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "手がかり"
},
{
"alt": "いとぐち",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "itoguchi",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "糸口"
},
{
"alt": "あんじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "anji",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "暗示"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hinteu",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "힌트"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "silmari",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "실마리"
},
{
"alt": "暗示",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "amsi",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "암시"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "potkažúvanje",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "поткажу́вање"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "námek",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́мек"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "tīwhiri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "tuwhiri"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hint"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hint"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "podpowiedź"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clue",
"word": "indício"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podskázka",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подска́зка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navódka",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наво́дка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "namjók",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "намёк"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "clue",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "hu",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "indireta"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "tiny amount",
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],
"word": "відті́нок"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "mengisyaratkan"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "develop and add hints to a font",
"word": "vihjeistää"
}
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"text": "And yes, as long as you are being a good coder and engaging in safe practices, nothing should go wrong. (Hint, hint.)",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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