{
    "term": "intimate",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having a close and friendly relationship",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "intimate friends"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're not **on intimate terms with** our neighbours."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "private and personal, often in a sexual way",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The article revealed **intimate details** about his family life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the most intimate parts of the body"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "encouraging close, friendly relationships, sometimes of a sexual nature",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an intimate restaurant"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He knew an intimate little cafe where they would not be disturbed."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "very detailed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an intimate knowledge of the English countryside"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "very close",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an **intimate connection** between class and educational success"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "having a sexual relationship with somebody",
            "sensetop": "intimate (with somebody)",
            "labels": "(formal or law)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪmət/",
                "audio": "in/intimate/intimate__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪmət/",
                "audio": "in/intimate/intimate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "adjective early 17th cent. (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’."
}