intimate

adjective

/ˈɪntɪmət/

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(of people) having a close and friendly relationship
- intimate friends
- We're not on intimate terms with our neighbours.
Topics Family and relationshipsc1
private and personal, often in a sexual way
- The article revealed intimate details about his family life.
- the most intimate parts of her body
(of a place or situation) encouraging close, friendly relationships, sometimes of a sexual nature
- an intimate restaurant
- He knew an intimate little bar where they would not be disturbed.
(of knowledge) very detailed
- an intimate knowledge of the English countryside
(of a link between things) very close
- an intimate connection between class and educational success
intimate (with somebody) (formal or law) having a sexual relationship with somebody
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Word Originadjective early 17th cent. (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’.

intimate

verb

/ˈɪntɪmeɪt/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they intimate	/ˈɪntɪmeɪt/ /ˈɪntɪmeɪt/
he / she / it intimates	/ˈɪntɪmeɪts/ /ˈɪntɪmeɪts/
past simple intimated	/ˈɪntɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪntɪmeɪtɪd/
past participle intimated	/ˈɪntɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪntɪmeɪtɪd/
-ing form intimating	/ˈɪntɪmeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪntɪmeɪtɪŋ/

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to let somebody know what you think or mean synonym let it be known/make it known that…
- intimate something (to somebody) He has already intimated to us his intention to retire.
- intimate (that)… He has already intimated (that) he intends to retire.
Word Originverb early 16th cent.: (earlier (late Middle English) as intimation) from late Latin intimat- ‘made known’, from the verb intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’.

intimate

noun

/ˈɪntɪmət/

(formal)

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a close personal friend
- He was a wartime minister and intimate of Churchill.
Topics Family and relationshipsc2
Word Originnoun early 17th cent. (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’.

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