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intact
[ in-takt ]
adjective
- not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
The vase remained intact despite rough handling.
- not changed or diminished; not influenced or swayed:
Despite misfortune, his faith is still intact.
- complete or whole, especially not castrated or emasculated.
- having the hymen unbroken; virginal.
intact
/ ɪnˈtækt /
adjective
- untouched or unimpaired; left complete or perfect
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Derived Forms
- inˈtactness, noun
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Other Words From
- in·tactly adverb
- in·tactness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intact1
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Example Sentences
It’s hard enough under normal circumstances for a defending champion team to keep its roster intact.
Perseverance is going old-school with a drill kit to gather intact cores of rock from the ground.
Turgeon has at times referenced how this team could stay mostly intact heading into next season.
Effectively, creative writing and interpretation kept a great deal of slavery intact in early Illinois.
So McConnell gave an ultimatum saying that the rules must require that the filibuster remain intact.
To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
Or bold stands that may not preserve our security today or tomorrow, but keep our principles safely intact?
If it is the tank, then it looks reasonably intact, suggesting it did not fail.
The most-intact section of this image is the dark, bowl-shaped object.
“Our sensory systems seek out intact sensory experiences,” says Wagenfeld.
Considering its age, it is in a wonderfully good state of preservation, the original roof still being intact.
All intact, so far as I can see, and I fancy he'd pull through a good deal more than has happened to him.
But I fear that if I were pressed to say that I had taken steps to discover if those papers were intact——.
Free them from the net, and it falls to pieces, while the roots remain intact, the solid and persistent primitive germs of speech.
Below him the great expanse of buildings took form, and they seemed safe and intact.
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What are other ways to say intact?
Something that is intact is not altered, broken, or impaired. How does intact compare to synonyms entire, complete, and perfect? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
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