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intimate
What does intimate mean?
intimate (adjective): marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use intimate in a sentence?
- Intimate friend. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does intimate come from?
Borrowed from Latin intimātus, the perfect passive participle of intimō (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”), from intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “intimate” mean?
coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous
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pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
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marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
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being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
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