Dictionary

intimation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪntəˈmeɪʃən/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French intimation, from Latin intimatio. By surface analysis, intimate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A hint; an indirect suggestion.
   • At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter. 1862, Henry David Thoreau, Walking:
   • Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. 1679, Gilbert Burnet, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England:
   • And actually I had important intimations to communicate as he faced the end. But intimations weren't much use. 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 378:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of intimating.
3. (countable, uncountable) Announcement; declaration.
   • They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. 1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC:
4. (countable, uncountable) The thing intimated.

Forms

Deriveds

preintimation

Relateds

intimacy · intimate

Translations (10)

cs zpráva (Announcement; declaration) · bg подмятане (A hint) · uk на́тяк (A hint) · cs oznámení (Announcement; declaration) · cs naznačení (A hint) · bg съобщение (Announcement; declaration) · pdt Bediedunk (A hint) · es intimación (Announcement; declaration) · bg намек (A hint) · cs náznak (A hint)