INTIMATE


Meaning of INTIMATE in English

The adjective is pronounced /ɪntɪmət/. The verb is pronounced /ɪntɪmeɪt/.

( intimating, intimated)

1.

If you have an intimate friendship with someone, you know them very well and like them a lot.

I discussed with my intimate friends whether I would immediately have a baby.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• in‧ti‧mate‧ly

He did not feel he had got to know them intimately.

ADV : ADV after v , ADV -ed

2.

If two people are in an intimate relationship, they are involved with each other in a loving or sexual way.

...their intimate moments with their boyfriends.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• in‧ti‧mate‧ly

You have to be willing to get to know yourself and your partner intimately.

ADV : ADV after v

3.

An intimate conversation or detail, for example, is very personal and private.

He wrote about the intimate details of his family life...

= private

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• in‧ti‧mate‧ly

It was the first time they had attempted to talk intimately.

ADV : ADV after v

4.

If you use intimate to describe an occasion or the atmosphere of a place, you like it because it is quiet and pleasant, and seems suitable for close conversations between friends.

...an intimate candlelit dinner for two.

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ approval ]

5.

An intimate connection between ideas or organizations, for example, is a very strong link between them.

...an intimate connection between madness and wisdom...

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• in‧ti‧mate‧ly

Property and equities are intimately connected in Hong Kong.

ADV : ADV after v

6.

An intimate knowledge of something is a deep and detailed knowledge of it.

He surprised me with his intimate knowledge of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer.

= thorough

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• in‧ti‧mate‧ly

...a golden age of musicians whose work she knew intimately.

ADV : usu ADV after v

7.

If you intimate something, you say it in an indirect way. ( FORMAL )

He went on to intimate that he was indeed contemplating a shake-up of the company...

He had intimated to the French and Russians his readiness to come to a settlement.

= hint

VERB : V that , V to n n , also V n

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