hint
noun
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue.
will hint
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future tenseof hint.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Wall Street hopes the Fed will hint at a rate cut coming in March.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Other elements of the production will hint at the series as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
Bulls are hoping Tuesday's reading on U.S. consumer prices will hint at a peak for inflation as falling petrol prices are seen pulling down the headline index by 0.1%.
From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2022
Sable refuses to give you explicit direction but will hint at where you can visit on your map.
From The Verge ● Sep. 28, 2021
Tapping with an auctioneer's hammer on a block of granite, would make about as much impression upon it as will hint, innuendo, or suggestion, upon a blockhead.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren
