noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of intimating.
2. 2
   a slight suggestion or vague understanding wordnet
3. 3
   The thing intimated.
4. 4
   an indirect suggestion wordnet
5. 5
   Announcement; declaration.

   "They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished."

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6. 6
   A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference.

   "Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him."

Synonyms

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hintinklingallegoryallusionarcane meaningassumption

Example

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"He didn't give any intimation about that."

Etymology

From Middle French intimation, from Latin intimatio.

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