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intimated

intimated is the simple past and past participle of intimate.

Meaning of intimate

Verb

intimate (third-person singular simple present intimates, present participle intimating, simple past and past participle intimated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
    • He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.
    Synonyms:
    hint
  2. (India, transitive) To notify.
    • I will intimate you when the details are available.

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Words formed from intimated

Questions about intimated

What is intimated the simple past and past participle of?
Intimated is the simple past and past participle of intimate.

Words near intimated in the dictionary

  1. intimate apparel
  2. intimate area
  3. intimate partner violence
  4. intimate parts
  5. intimate relations
  6. intimated
  7. intimately
  8. intimateness
  9. intimater
  10. intimaters
  11. intimates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intimated (page history and authors); intimate (page history and authors). 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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