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intact

  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈtækt/

Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.

Example

“I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact.”

Other meanings

  1. Virginal; having an intact hymen.

  2. uncircumcised; having an intact foreskin.

Related words

  • intactivism
  • intactly
  • intactness
  • nonintact
  • intact dilation and extraction
  • intact dilation and evacuation

Example sentences

  • “She could not escape with her reputation intact.”

    Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Word history

From Latin "intactus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “intact” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.