About The Word Intimation
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Intimation
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What's The Definition Of Intimation?
[n] a slight suggestion; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"
[n] an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" Synonyms | Synonyms for Intimation: breath | hint | inkling Related Terms | Find terms related to Intimation: allegory | allusion | arcane meaning | assumption | bare suggestion | breath | broad hint | cast | catchword | clue | coloration | connotation | cue | cue word | dash | evidence | feeling | foreboding | forefeeling | funny feeling | gentle hint | gesture | gleam | glimmer | glimmering | half an idea | hazy idea | hint | hot lead | hunch | idea | implication | implied meaning | import | impression | index | indication | inference | infusion | inkling | innuendo | insinuation | intuition | intuitive impression | ironic suggestion | key | key word | kick | lead | lick | look | meaning | mere notion | metaphorical sense | nod | notion | nuance | nudge | occult meaning | overtone | preapprehension | premonition | presentiment | presumption | presupposition | prompt | sauce | scent | scintilla | seasoning | shade | shadow | sign | signal | sip | smack | smattering | smell | sneaking suspicion | soupcon | spark | spice | spoor | sprinkling | strain | streak | subsense | subsidiary sense | suggestion | sup | supposition | suspicion | symbolism | symptom | taint | taste | telltale | tempering | thought | tinct | tincture | tinge | tint | tip-off | touch | trace | track | undercurrent | undermeaning | undertone | vague feeling | vague idea | vestige | whiff | whisper | wind | wink See Also | proffer | proposition | suggestion | suggestion Intimation In Webster's Dictionary \In`ti*ma"tion\, n. [L. intimatio: cf. F.
intimation.]
1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
2. Announcement; declaration. --Macaulay.
They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever
killed a stork, should be banished. --Holland.
3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a
remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only
intimations of his design.
Without mentioning the king of England, or giving
the least intimation that he was sent by him. --Bp.
Burnet.
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