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Meanings of
intimation
in English
Portuguese
suspeita
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A slight suggestion or vague understanding.
glimmer
glimmering
inkling
Portuguese
suspeita
Catalan
insinuació
Spanish
indirecta
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An indirect suggestion.
breath
hint
Catalan
insinuació
Usage of
intimation
in English
1
The board on the right contains the official
intimation
of the crime.
2
This was the first
intimation
given of the parentage of the child.
3
You might have inferred it from the
intimation
in my last letter.
4
That was the first
intimation
I had that I was in danger.
5
He well knew the hand and the
intimation
which it would contain.
6
This
intimation
once more aroused the slumbering energies of the taller officer.
7
He fancied he could detect in it a subtle
intimation
of herself.
8
No chance of a stray nuance breeding some catastrophic
intimation
of compromise.
9
This was the first
intimation
we had of intercourse with the whites.
10
At the time he gave them no
intimation
what the paper contained.
11
How could a voice so mellifluous carry such an
intimation
of catastrophe?
12
It twas this last
intimation
which subdued the protests in Linforth's mind.
13
Be the face human or not, the
intimation
was imparted from above.
14
The
intimation
that came from the cloud, was not to be disregarded.
15
This new
intimation
made me carefully examine the inside of our habitation.
16
She received the
intimation
of her danger with true greatness of soul.
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About this term
intimation
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
first intimation
receive an intimation
slightest intimation
have no intimation
official intimation
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Translations for
intimation
Portuguese
suspeita
Catalan
insinuació
Spanish
indirecta
soplo
insinuación
Intimation
through the time
Intimation
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare