I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a close-knit/intimate circle (= a close one )
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His intimate circle was tiny.
an intimate connection (= a very close connection )
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There is an intimate connection between political liberty and economic freedom.
intimate knowledge (= knowledge about something because you are involved in it )
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He seemed to have an intimate knowledge of prison life.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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connection
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Traditionally, an intimate connection has been seen between style and an author's personality.
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Mythologies all over the world describe the intimate connection , often antipathy, between birds and snakes.
contact
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He couldn't bear the intimate contact with other people.
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Was it a substitute for intimate contact ?
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So what about sanitary towels and tampons: bleached products that also come into intimate contact with the human body?
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Whilst matrix isolation attempts to reproduce this situation, the target molecules are in intimate contact with the matrix material.
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They found that the people living on the estate did not have such intimate contact with their extended kin network.
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Larger atoms, in less intimate contact , tend to have weaker bonds.
conversation
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I recalled he had struck up an intimate conversation with her in the lobby after breakfast.
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I wonder where and when my father and my sister have had such intimate conversations .
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They looked as if they had already had a long and intimate conversation together.
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Still, my resolution as I write this is to work hard to find a ritual time for intimate conversations with Miles.
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There is also the taped evidence of an intimate conversation between Princess Diana and James Gilbey.
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It is degrading for both parties, and makes any serious or intimate conversation impossible.
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He's been helping me with my new computer were teenagers anti chose to and recently we had an intimate conversation .
detail
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How can Annie Murphy remember in such intimate detail things which happened 18 years ago?
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Mike was thoroughly embarrassed at having exposed intimate details of his life, but his classmates rallied around him.
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They shared no intimate details of their lives with each other.
experience
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These important nuances are often recognised only after a long and intimate experience of the couple under study.
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And music should be an intimate experience .
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They have intimate experience of what it means to be rejected, forgotten, isolated.
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Those who have made the trip say that nothing compares to the intimate experience of creeping along the bottom in a submersible.
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Such an approach has the merits of appearing commonsensical, according with our own intimate experiences .
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Performance artist Mat Bevel enhances the intimate experience with his sculptural creations and interpretive lighting.
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An intimate experience probably helped to change his mind.
friend
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I asked Kagan if he had come to me knowing that I was an intimate friend of the man concerned.
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Previously he played with lots of kids but had few intimate friends .
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After the war, most of Montparnasse would claim to have been intimate friends of Modigliani.
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In no time at all Alix became his intimate friend .
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She had no idea whether it was to be a large gathering, or just a few intimate friends .
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Robert Altman is not a close, intimate friend , but I have interviewed him over a period of 26 years.
knowledge
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I've often thought it might be better if I had more intimate knowledge .
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Naturally, they had an intimate knowledge of the terrain.
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While not insurmountable they can be overcome only by those with experience and intimate knowledge of police work.
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Without an intimate knowledge of haemoglobin it would be easy to dismiss them as random noise.
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This octavo volume of 310 pages, with plants arranged under 696 genera, proves his intimate knowledge of the estate.
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Not just for one night, but for several, and to develop an intimate knowledge of the local badger community.
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This allows suppliers to specialise and to develop an intimate knowledge of customer needs and wants.
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But it has the compelling authority that only intimate knowledge and great indignation can bring.
relationship
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Communication skills affect every area of life, from expressing feelings in intimate relationships to dealing with over-zealous shop assistants.
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But l wanted to step beyond that and explore what an intimate relationship would be.
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The commercialization of the press With time, the intimate relationship described above was to go through periods of stress and change.
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Mullican, too, continues to create cosmological imagery infused by his intimate relationship with the natural world.
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The only long-term, intimate relationships that Ally McBeal could have are with the mirror or the camera.
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The same is true in other intimate relationships .
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Patient E12 had only attended the class for two months in early 1991 during an intimate relationship with patient E8.
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It was hard to imagine him having a casual chat with anyone, let alone a more intimate relationship .
setting
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The luxurious dress, ornate chair and intimate setting reflect the rococo spirit of the period.
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Shielded by shadows, away from the world, in a safe and intimate setting , it is possible to talk.
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Simple division Being able to divide a living/dining room into two distinct areas means you can easily create an intimate setting .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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intimate apparel
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Dinner was served in an intimate room with just two other tables.
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He knew Monet as an associate, if not an intimate friend.
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I saw that Brian was having an intimate conversation with an attractive young woman, and so I left quietly.
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She was asked about the most intimate details of her life.
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Some of the author's intimate correspondence was published after her death.
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Some people see nothing wrong with appearing on a TV show, and revealing their most intimate thoughts.
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They held hands, walked along the beach, and shared intimate secrets.
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You do not expect to see the most intimate details of your marriage splashed across the pages of the newspapers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Close and intimate friendships are characterised by commitment and vulnerability.
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Communities are overcrowded, with public facilities more often aimed at impersonal masses rather than stimulating intimate interaction.
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Gramm lately has attempted to soften his image, holding a series of intimate discussions with undecided voters in their kitchens.
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Minna, she and I are not intimate .
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Murder seemed to her too intimate , too similar to giving birth.
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Now they are talking intimate possibilities, so I slipped away.
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The only long-term, intimate relationships that Ally McBeal could have are with the mirror or the camera.
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These important nuances are often recognised only after a long and intimate experience of the couple under study.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I scanned the window for some new detail that would intimate we were getting closer to Moscow.
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This was not the first time his parents had intimated that they thought Fred only ordinarily able.
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To remain, Hennepin intimated, was to court deafness.
III. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had impressed Presidents and made himself an intimate of the great.
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His principles are so vague that even his intimates seem unable to put them into words.
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Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
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Saint-Gaudens and joseph jefferson were their intimates, Whitman had visited their studio.
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Some of his intimates were seriously concerned with his health.
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The two were intimates within fifteen minutes.
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We reserve the last 18 inches around our bodies for intimates.