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{
"term": "intimate",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having a close and friendly relationship",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "intimate friends"
},
{
"text": "We're not **on intimate terms with** our neighbours."
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "private and personal, often in a sexual way",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The article revealed **intimate details** about his family life."
},
{
"text": "the most intimate parts of the body"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "encouraging close, friendly relationships, sometimes of a sexual nature",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an intimate restaurant"
},
{
"text": "He knew an intimate little cafe where they would not be disturbed."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "very detailed",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an intimate knowledge of the English countryside"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "very close",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **intimate connection** between class and educational success"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "having a sexual relationship with somebody",
"sensetop": "intimate (with somebody)",
"labels": "(formal or law)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪmət/",
"audio": "in/intimate/intimate__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪmət/",
"audio": "in/intimate/intimate__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "adjective early 17th cent. (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’."
}