| query | If two people are in an i_______ relationship, they are involved with each other in a loving or sexual way.If two people are in an intimate relationship, they are involved with each other in a loving or sexual way. I just won't discuss my intimate relationships. ...their intimate moments with their boyfriends. You have to be willing to get to know yourself and your partner intimately. |
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| word | intimate |
| full-definition | adjective 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. He did not feel he had got to know them intimately. They are to have an autumn wedding, an intimate of the couple confides. If two people are in an intimate relationship, they are involved with each other in a loving or sexual way. I just won't discuss my intimate relationships. ...their intimate moments with their boyfriends. You have to be willing to get to know yourself and your partner intimately. An intimate conversation or detail, for example, is very personal and private. He wrote about the intimate details of his family life. I hate to interrupt your intimate conversation but we do have an assignment to discuss. It was the first time they had attempted to talk intimately. 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. An intimate connection between ideas or organizations, for example, is a very strong link between them. ...an intimate connection between madness and wisdom. France has kept the most intimate links with its former African territories. Property and equities are intimately connected in Hong Kong. An intimate knowledge of something is a deep and detailed knowledge of it. He surprised me with his intimate knowledge of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer. ...a golden age of musicians whose work she knew intimately. verb If you intimate something, you say it in an indirect way. 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. |
| inflections | intimatesintimatingintimatedintimatelyintimatelyintimatelyintimatelyintimately |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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