hinted
- 1Simple past and past participle of hint.
The minister hinted at upcoming changes to the tax code.
Her quiet tone hinted at a frustration she would not say aloud.
Note
A regular -ed form, so one spelling serves both the past tense and the participle: she hinted, she has hinted, it was hinted. The construction follows the meaning. Used intransitively it takes at (hinted at changes); used transitively it takes a direct object or a that-clause. Typographers have a sense of their own: a hinted font is one whose hints have been developed and added.
He hinted that the deadline might move.
The designer shipped a fully hinted version of the typeface.
hinted is a form of hint
hint, verb: To suggest something indirectly rather than stating it openly. Full entry
- Spelling
- hint → hinted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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