English-Thai Dictionary

intimation

N การ พูดเป็นนัย  hint insinuation suggestion kan-phud-pen-nai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTIMATION

n.Hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a declaration or remark communicating imperfect information. Our friend left us without giving any previous intimation of his design.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INTIMATION

In `ti *ma "tion, n. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

intimation

in ti ma tion |ˌintəˈmāSHən ɪntɪˈmeɪʃn | ▶noun an indication or hint: the first intimations of trouble | no one gave any intimation that there had been any problems. • the action of making something known, esp. in an indirect way. it took ten years from the intimation of a claim to the assessment of damages.

 

Oxford Dictionary

intimation

in ¦tim |ation |ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃn | ▶noun an indication or hint: the first intimations of trouble | no one gave any intimation that there had been any problems. • [ mass noun ] the action of making something known, especially in an indirect way. it took ten years from the intimation of a claim to the assessment of damages.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

intimation

intimation noun the first intimation of trouble came when the police began going door to door: suggestion, hint, indication, sign, signal, inkling, suspicion, impression; clue, undertone, whisper, wind; communication, notification, notice, warning.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

intimation

intimation noun 1 the early intimation of training session dates: announcement, statement, communication, notification, notice, report, reporting, publishing, broadcasting, proclamation; disclosure, revelation, divulging; archaic annunciation. 2 the first intimation of discord in the family: suggestion, hint, indication, sign, signal, inkling, suspicion, impression; reference to, allusion to, pointer to, clue to, overtone of, undertone of, whisper of.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

intimation

in ti ma tion /ɪ̀ntəméɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 U C ｟かたく ｠1 «…の /…という » 示唆, 暗示, ほのめかし (hint ) «of /that 節 » .2 通告, 告示, 発表 (announcement ).