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(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 • intimately 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 • intimately 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 • intimately 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 c darkgreen]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 • intimately 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 • intimately ...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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I. transitive verb (-mated; -mating) Etymology: Late Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare to put in, announce, from Latin intimus innermost, superlative of Old Latin *interus inward — more at interior Date: 1522 1. to make known especially publicly or formally ; announce 2. to communicate delicately and indirectly ; hint Synonyms: see suggest • ~r noun • intimation noun II. adjective Etymology: alteration of obsolete intime, from Latin intimus Date: 1632 1. a. intrinsic, essential b. belonging to or characterizing one's deepest nature 2. marked by very close association, contact, or familiarity ~ knowledge of the law 3. a. marked by a warm friendship developing through long association ~ friends b. suggesting informal warmth or privacy ~ clubs 4. of a very personal or private nature ~ secrets • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun III. noun Date: 1659 an ~ friend or confidant ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. близкий, задушевный, закадычный друг 2. лицо, пользующееся доверием кого-л. 3. глубокий, сокровенный intimate feelings —- сокровенные чувства 4. внутренний the intimate structure of matter —- внутренняя (истинная) структура вещества an intimate interdepedence between things —- внутренняя (органическая) взаимозависимость между чем-л. to know smth. from intimate impulse —- интуитивно догадываться (знать) о чем-л. 5. интимный, личный intimate details —- интимные подробности intimate diary —- личный дневник 6. интимный, сердечный, любовный intimate connection —- интимная (любовная) связь to be intimate with smb. —- быть в интимных отношениях с кем-л. 7. близкий, дружеский, приятельский intimate friend —- близкий друг intimate relations —- дружеские (приятельские) отношения to be on intimate terms with smb. —- поддерживать дружеские (приятельские) отношения с кем-л.; быть в интимных (любовных) отношениях с кем-л. 8. уютный, свободный от формальностей, обеспечивающий возможность уединения intimate restaurant —- уютный ресторан 9. хорошо знакомый с чем-л.; глубокий, основательный (о знаниях) to have an intimate knowledge of smth. —- быть хорошо знакомым с чем-л., обладать глубокими познаниями в какой-л. области an intimate acquaintance with the subject —- хорошее знание предмета 10. однородный (о смеси) 11....Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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details интимные подробности INTIMATE feelings сокровенные чувства INTIMATE friends задушевные друзья INTIMATE knowledge of хорошее знание (чего-л.) INTIMATE talk разговор по душам INTIMATE I 1. noun близкий друг Syn: see friend 2. adj. 1) интимный, личный - intimate friends - intimate details 2) близкий, тесный; хорошо знакомый - intimate knowledge of 3) внутренний; сокровенный - intimate talk - intimate feelings 4) однородный (о смеси) II v. 1) объявлять, ставить в известность (to) The director intimated to the chairman that a decision was expected from the committee very soon. 2) намекать, подразумевать; мельком упоминать ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 adj 1 »FRIENDS« having an extremely close relationship (intimate friends | be on intimate terms with) (She's on intimate terms with important people in the government.) 2 »PRIVATE« connected with very private or personal matters (Valerie always tells me about the most intimate details of their relationship.) 3 an intimate knowledge of sth very detailed knowledge of something as a result of careful study or a lot of experience 4 »RESTAURANT/MEAL/PLACE« private and friendly so that you feel comfortable (The Wisteria cafй has a pleasant intimate atmosphere. | an intimate meal for two) 5 »CONNECTION« intimate link/connection etc a very close connection between two things 6 »SEXUAL« a) connected with sex (intimate relations/contact) (The virus can only be transmitted through intimate contact.) b) be intimate with formal to have sex with someone - intimately adv ~2 v formal to make people understand what you mean without saying it directly (intimate that) (He intimated, politely but firmly, that we were not welcome.) ~3 n a close personal friend ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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