Intimate and Intend

Intimate

Intimate verb - To convey an idea indirectly.

Intend and intimate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intend" instead a verb "Intimate".

Intend

Intend verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.
Usage example: lawyers for both sides argued for days about what was intended by a particular phrase in the law

Intimate and intend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intimate" instead a verb "Intend".

Common collocations

story intimate story intend story
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