inkling
pronunciation
How to pronounce inkling in British English:
UK [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
How to pronounce inkling in American English:
US [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a slight suggestion or vague understanding
Word Origin
- inkling (n.)
- c. 1400, apparently from the gerund of Middle English verb inclen "utter in an undertone, hint at, hint" (mid-14c.), which is of unknown origin; perhaps related to Old English inca "doubt, suspicion."
Synonym
Example
- 1. Their first inkling came when they visited a woman 's home outside phoenix .
- 2. In fact , had mr greer not explained the underlying approach , this babbage would have had no inkling .
- 3. I didn 't know how to take those words at the time , but now I understand they represented marlene 's first inkling of love for him .
- 4. An inkling of their organisational ability was given this month with the release of charter 08 , a document signed by some 300 intellectuals calling for sweeping political reform .
- 5. But it is more likely to mean that ms merkel has some inkling that the spanish government is preparing to back down over its obstinate obstruction of the german bid .