Plural of hint
regular plural
The plural of hint is hints.
Forms of hint
| Singular | hint /hɪnt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hints /hɪnts/ |
| Countable | countable |
Hints in a sentence
- This font does not scale well to small sizes; the hints for the 10-point letter 'g' still need work.
- The rising cost of the basket of goods hints at inflation.From the entry basket of goods
- The lecturer would drop hints whenever the students struggled.From the entry drop
- There are even hints that Apple will use MCP in its forthcoming AI-enabled version of Siri.2025 December 10, Hayden Field, “AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key. MCP has already taken the…. From the entry MCP
- They carefully dissect his statements, looking for hints of their influence.2018 November 4, Kevin Roose, Ali Winston, “Far-Right Internet Groups Listen for Trump's Approval, and Often Hear It”, in The New York…. From the entry /ourguy/
Meaning of hint
- noun A clue.
- noun An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- noun A small, barely detectable amount.
Questions about the plural of hint
- What is the plural of hint?
- The plural of hint is hints.
- Is hint countable?
- Hint is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hint (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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