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intact

/ɪnˈtækt/

intact adjective: left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.

intact: a brown egg sitting on top of a white surface
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Adjective

intact (comparative more intact, superlative most intact)

  1. Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.
    • I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact.
    • But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the...2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club
  2. Virginal; having an intact hymen.
    • She hadn't been... molested? No, no, nothing like that. I have examined her. She is quite intact.1975, Clifford Green, Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)
  3. (chiefly intactivism) Uncircumcised; having an intact foreskin.
    • GM, 28, intact, atheist, 5'9", 140 lbs., seeks similar guy 20-30 for conversation and other forms of communication.1985 August 17, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 13
  4. Not castrated.
    • an intact bull

intact meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

intact in Hindi

intact
सहीसलामत sahīsalāmat

intact in Tamil

குறைபடாத, சேதமில்லாமல், சிதையாத, முழுமை கெடாத, முழுமையான

intact in Marathi

अक्षुण्ण

intact in Urdu

درست, جوں کا توں, کامل, سالم
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intact in Bengali
অক্ষত okkhoto, কায়েম kaẏem
intact in Malayalam
കേടുപറ്റാത്ത, അക്ഷതമായ, സമഗ്രമായ, അവികലം
intact in Kannada
ಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿರುವ, ಅಖಂಡವಾಗಿರುವ, ಊನವಾಗದೆ ಉಳಿದ, ಕುಂದಿಲ್ಲದ
intact in Odia
ଅକ୍ଷୁର୍ଣ୍ଣ, ଅକ୍ଷୁଣ୍ଣ, ଅକ୍ଷତ
intact in Indonesian
intak

Examples of intact in a sentence

  • He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
  • The intact twine in Dylan's beef Wellington was a single point of failure.
  • The unglued joints all fell apart in shipment, but the properly joined piece survived intact.

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Synonyms of intact

Antonyms

Forms of intact

comparativemore intact
superlativemost intact

Origin of intact

From Middle French intact, from Latin intact(us).

Words formed from intact

Phrases with intact

Words that rhyme with intact

23 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about intact

What does intact mean?
Intact means left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.
What is intact in Hindi?
Intact in Hindi is सहीसलामत (sahīsalāmat). See Intact meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is intact?
Intact is an adjective.
How do you pronounce intact?
Intact is pronounced /ɪnˈtækt/.

Words near intact in the dictionary

  1. int'l
  2. int'resting
  3. int.
  4. intabulation
  5. intabulations
  6. intact
  7. intact dilation and evacuation
  8. intact dilation and evacuations
  9. intact dilation and extraction
  10. intact dilation and extractions
  11. intactable

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: intact (page history and authors); सहीसलामत (Hindi) (page history and authors); intact (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intact (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intact (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্ষত (Bengali) (page history and authors); intact (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intact (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intact (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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