intact
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3.7
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtækt/
:
intacto
- Despite the storm, the old barn stood intact, demonstrating its sturdy construction.
- remain intact
- leave intact
- keep intact
You've been able to keep your culture intact here, right?
- You've been able to keep your culture intact here, right?
- Moreover, keeping Radcliffe intact was seen as a feminist act.
- So, but as long as everything stays intact, then I'm good.
- They don't recognize they mostly have intact rhythm perception.
- You can see that there is glass that's still intact and it's not shattered at all.
- But that the key thing was to restrict movement of the intact, uninjured opposite limb.
- What's really stunning is that old habits are totally intact and retrievable in an instant.
- Like most of them by and large are pretty intact physically human beings.
Examples
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Steel parts corroded away, but the intact brass holds remarkable details, including a maker's mark.
Academic text (2011) -
The fact that we found the town itself intact was really kind of astonishing.
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On the one hand, a democracy, when it is intact, is very strong.
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But the most important part of it is we should keep the old parts of the city intact.
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You've been able to keep your culture intact here, right?
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The newspapers said his wallet was intact; there was money in his pockets.
Fiction book (1990) -
Any patient with an intact brain will be able to return to a fully functioning bodily life.
Academic text (2017) -
However, thus far the Danes have managed to keep the basic system intact with adjustments around the edges.
Academic text (2008) -
The ancient artifact was discovered in the ruins, completely intact and preserved for centuries.
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Researchers were pleased to find the manuscript intact after all these years of neglect.
Synonyms
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1.0
Complete and not broken or divided
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1.0
Complete with nothing missing
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3.0
Not changed or damaged by something, still in its original condition
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3.0
Whole and not damaged
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3.1
Not ripped or damaged
Physically whole and not broken after damage
Whole and not broken into pieces
Not destroyed or damaged and still in good condition
Having no chips or cracks on the edge
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How Damaged
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Morphology
Etymology
Intact comes from Latin parts in- 'not' and tangere 'to touch', so it originally meant 'not touched', which makes it easy to remember why we call something whole and undamaged 'intact'.