Hints jelentése magyarul, definíció, kiejtés és példamondatok

hints

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Főnév

1. A clue.

I needed a hint to complete the crossword.

2. A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.

3. A small, barely detectable amount of.

I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine.

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. Also known as hinting.

This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work.

5. An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

Ige

1. To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.

2. To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.

to hint a suspicion

3. To develop and add hints to a font.

The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.