intimation
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7.7
- noun
- /ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃən/
:
insinuación
- I received an intimation from my friend that she might be moving to another city.
- divine intimations
- carries an intimation
- early intimations
So, you know, the, the intimation here is that Tony himself is, is insane.
- So, you know, the, the intimation here is that Tony himself is, is insane.
- He works up later in books and articles, but it's wonderful to catch the first intimations where he's only talking to himself.
- And there's sort of an intimation that that's what the three who are one did previously.
Examples
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A frightened, inarticulate maid weeping in the hall was their first intimation that something was wrong.
Fiction book (1999) -
His vague comments were an intimation that he was not happy with the current situation.
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There was some intimation that maybe he was changing his name... 'cause of a racial thing.
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I think we should resist the idea that politics, at its best, is an intimation of the administration of reason.
Academic text (1997) -
Since we have social media, we have certain intimations that we should not trust resources that we used to previously trust.
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Still, the reader may wonder if an intimation of his own fate ever crossed his mind.
Academic text (2002) -
But it was one of the first intimations that there was something more.
Blog text (8) -
In some of his songs, there are intimations that life in occupied Belgium was very hard.
Academic text (2005) -
Sadness fills the room, but along with it there are intimations of redemption, bringing joy as well.
Academic text (2005) -
There are then, in fulfilling worldly obligations, intimations that they are in conformity with the Way of Heaven.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
382
3.9
A sign that shows something is true or likely
229
1.5
A small indirect suggestion that helps you understand something
180
2.4
A small amount of something you can just notice
43
8.0
A remark that hints something bad about someone
33
6.1
A small idea or feeling that something may be true
18
7.2
A quiet suggestion that someone did something wrong
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9.9
A faint hint of what will happen later
A faint early hint of an idea that appears later
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Intimation comes from the Latin word intimare, based on intimus meaning 'inmost', and you can see the same root in intimate. So an intimation is a quiet 'making known' — a gentle hint put into someone's inner mind rather than a direct statement.