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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hint, intimation, breathnoun

    an indirect suggestion

    "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"

  2. inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmernoun

    a slight suggestion or vague understanding

    "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

Wiktionary

  1. intimationnoun

    The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.

  2. intimationnoun

    Announcement; declaration.

  3. intimationnoun

    A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.

  4. Etymology: From intimatio (Compare intimation)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Intimationnoun

    Hint; obscure or indirect declaration or direction.

    Etymology: intimation, Fr. from intimate.

    Let him strictly observe the first stirrings and intimations; the first hints and whispers of good and evil that pass in his heart. Robert South, Sermons.

    Of those that are only probable we have some reasonable intimations, but not a demonstrative certainty. John Woodward.

    Besides the more solid parts of learning, there are several little intimations to be met with on medals. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. intimation

    Intimation is a subtle or indirect hint, suggestion, or indication about something. It's an act of implying or making something known, often done subtly or indirectly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Intimationnoun

    the act of intimating; also, the thing intimated

  2. Intimationnoun

    announcement; declaration

  3. Intimationnoun

    a hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design

  4. Etymology: [L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of intimation in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of intimation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of intimation in a Sentence

  1. Benjamin Netanyahu:

    Ever wonder what fake news is? Last week, CNN, The New York Times and Al Jazeera reported that Hamas now accepts the Palestinian state along the 1967 lines. The New York Times headline called this ‘moderation,’ the intimation is that Hamas now accepts the state of Israel. This is a complete distortion of the truth. The new Hamas statement says Israel has no right to exist.

  2. André Breton:

    To reduce the imagination to a state of slavery --even though it would mean the elimination of what is commonly called happiness --is to betray all sense of absolute justice within oneself. Imagination alone offers me some intimation of what can be.

  3. Benjamin Netanyahu:

    The intimation is that Hamas now accepts the state of Israel. This is a complete distortion of the truth. The new Hamas statement says Israel has no right to exist.

  4. Amanda Rives:

    We are seeing and hearing that increasing numbers of girls are getting married and coupled to seek protection from gang violence and intimation from gangs, being in a couple with a gang member may give the girl and her family some level of protection from one gang, but may leave them more vulnerable to rival gangs.

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