how to pronounce intimate

/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/

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intimate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of intimate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… at close intimate relationships it's …”

meaning of intimate

Intimate means close and personal.

intimate frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word intimate occurs in english on average 11.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics intimate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that intimate can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;