intimated
- 1Simple past and past participle of intimate.
The director intimated that layoffs were coming, though he never said so directly.
By her silence, she intimated her disapproval of the whole arrangement.
Note
A past form that belongs only to the verb. The adjective meaning close, familiar or private has no past tense, so this spelling always points to hinting and never to closeness. It takes either a that-clause or a plain object (intimated that layoffs were coming; intimated her disapproval). In Indian English the verb can also simply mean to notify, and there a passive reads naturally: the candidates were intimated in writing.
intimated is a form of intimate
intimate, verb: To suggest or make something known in a discreet, indirect way. Full entry
- Forms
- intimateintimates he/she/itintimating -ing formintimated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- intimate → intimated: add -d
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