intimation
/ˌɪntəˈmeɪʃən/
intimation noun: a hint; an indirect suggestion.
Noun
intimation (countable and uncountable, plural intimations)
- A hint; an indirect suggestion.
- Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.1679, Gilbert Burnet, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England
- At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.1862, Henry David Thoreau, Walking
- The act of intimating.
- Announcement; declaration.
- They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC
- The thing intimated.
intimation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
intimation in Tamil
- செய்தி அறிவிப்பு, செய்தி தெரிவிப்பு, தகவல், தெரிவித்தல் அறிவித்தல்
intimation in Urdu
- آگاہی, اعلان, ایما, مشہوری
intimation in Bengali
- পরোক্ষ ইঙ্গিত, ঘোষণা
intimation in Malayalam
- അറിയിപ്പ്
More languagesFewer languages
- intimation in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿಸುವುದು, ಹೇಳುವುದು, ಸೂಚಿಸುವುದು, ಸೂಚನೆ
- intimation in Sanskrit
- संकेत saṃketa
Examples of intimation in a sentence
- The modernist intimations accruing as doubts about Rickie's sentimental Edwardianism also undermine Forster's own “sober” Edwardianism.
- The footnotes ensure that the lines become more allusive and more polysemantic, vacillating between transubstantiation and ghostly intimations.
- What kept his devices from feeling larkish was a sly vocal intimation: even at his most weirdly expressive, Mr.
Forms of intimation
| plural | intimations |
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Origin of intimation
From Middle French intimation, from Latin intimatio. By surface analysis, intimate + -ion.
Words formed from intimation
Words that rhyme with intimation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about intimation
- What does intimation mean?
- Intimation means a hint; an indirect suggestion.
- What is intimation in Tamil?
- Intimation in Tamil is செய்தி அறிவிப்பு, செய்தி தெரிவிப்பு, தகவல். See Intimation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intimation?
- Intimation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce intimation?
- Intimation is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈmeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of intimation?
- The plural of intimation is intimations.
Words near intimation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intimation (page history and authors); intimation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intimation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intimation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intimation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intimation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); संकेत (Sanskrit) (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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