намекну́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• allude verb To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
• hint noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
• imply verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.
• suggest verb To put forward an idea or possibility for consideration.

Senses

намекну́ть is used for these senses in English:

• allude (intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
• 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.
• suggest (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
• suggest (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).

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.

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