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intimations

intimations is the plural of intimation.

Meaning of intimation

Noun

intimation (countable and uncountable, plural intimations)

  1. 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
  2. The act of intimating.
  3. 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
  4. The thing intimated.

Questions about intimations

What is intimations the plural of?
Intimations is the plural of intimation.

Words near intimations in the dictionary

  1. intimates
  2. intimatest
  3. intimateth
  4. intimating
  5. intimation
  6. intimations
  7. intimatopia
  8. intimatopias
  9. intimatopic
  10. intimator
  11. intimators

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