intimate
verb/ˈɪntɪmeɪt/
/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/ |
- 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’.Definitions on the go
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