Hint
Report
Report noun - Information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy.
Usage example: the report is that she was caught embezzling, but no one has any evidence
Hint and report are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hint" instead the word "Report" as a noun or a verb.
How words are described
| good | good hint | good report |
| long | long hint | long report |
| better | better hint | better report |
| brief | brief hint | brief report |
| Other adjectives: short, single, actual, real, main, vague, final, next, last, earlier, red. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Your first hint of them being the Mole is while watching a report from the villain requesting permission to terminate them because he no longer trusts them, and he later warns you not to trust them.
Source: The Mole / Video Games -
It also serves as hint on how to progress; you need to read a report on its effects and grab a beaker of it late in the game.
Source: Foregone Conclusion -
Might be a good time to speak up, Craig, hint-hint... except Craig's completely discombobulated at this point and just staggers off home.The Doctor, meanwhile, has engaged a spy that he can safely send upstairs: a local cat, who delivers a report upon the Doctor's return from work.
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