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[ in-takt ] / ɪnˈtækt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR intact ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished: The vase remained intact despite rough handling. not changed or diminished; not influenced or swayed: Despite misfortune, his faith is still intact. complete or whole, especially not castrated or emasculated. having the hymen unbroken; virginal. Origin of intact1400–50; late Middle English <Latin intāctus untouched, equivalent to in-in-3 + tāctus, past participle of tangere to touch synonym study for intact1. See complete. OTHER WORDS FROM intactin·tact·ly, adverbin·tact·ness, nounWords nearby intactinsusceptible, inswept, inswing, inswinger, int., intact, intaglio, intake, intake manifold, intake valve, Intal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for intactCleaning the winery, the team has located a mix of “completely smashed barrels, open bung barrels, and intact barrels.” Cleaning Up From Napa's Winepocalypse|Jordan Salcito|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST In childhood, having an intact family with two parents is the perfect world. The ‘Maleficent’ Screenwriter Also Wrote ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’|Kevin Fallon|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST The team had to make sure all the robots and lights were in place and the synchronicity of all the elements was intact. Alfonso Cuarón on the Making of His Instant Sci-Fi Classic ‘Gravity’|Marlow Stern|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST But the broader trend is intact: more people are working at higher wages, and wages are being taxed at a higher rate. Oh Look, There Goes the Deficit|Daniel Gross|September 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All indications are that the 777 was intact, with no fire, when it reached the runway. San Francisco Airplane Crash Landing: What Happened?|Clive Irving|July 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST The stratum from which the jaw was taken was intact and had never been disturbed. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man|J. P. MacLean Anton was crouched low over his instrument, and, as yet, the aerials were intact. The Boy With the U.S. Miners|Francis Rolt-Wheeler By day four, only one-sixteenth of the original memory is intact. Sequential Problem Solving|Fredric Lozo The specimen employed for experiment may be an intact plant, rooted in a flower pot. Life Movements in Plants|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose The pure German silver is all intact and the blue tea-pot is still on the mantelpiece. Vacation with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for intact
adjectiveuntouched or unimpaired; left complete or perfect Derived forms of intactintactness, nounWord Origin for intactC15: from Latin intactus not touched, from tangere to touch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to intactunharmed, perfect, unblemished, unhurt, unscathed, untouched, flawless, unbroken, complete, entire, sound, together, unimpaired, whole, uncut, unmarred, imperforate, indiscrete, scatheless, uninjured |