ほのめかす — meaning in English

English meaning

• hint noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
• imply verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.

Senses

ほのめかす is used for these senses in English:

• hint (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
• imply (transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

hint — full definition

1. noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
2. noun A very small trace or amount of something.
3. verb To suggest something indirectly, without saying it outright.

imply — full definition

1. verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.
2. verb To lead logically to a conclusion; to have as a necessary consequence.

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