intimate experience

collocation in English

meaningsofintimateandexperience

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intimate
adjective
uk
/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈɪn.t̬ə.mət/
having, or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or ...
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experience
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/us
/ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/
(the process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or ...
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(Definition ofintimateandexperiencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintimate experience

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Onlyintimateexperiencefrom within music, it was held, could nurture valuable and useful knowledge of music.
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That is the letter of a man with 16 years'intimateexperienceof the working of hospitals in this country.
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I say that with almost 20 yearsintimateexperienceof this work.
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There is perhaps no moreintimateexperiencethan to be present at the birth of a child.
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There are organisations growing up which haveintimateexperienceof correlating producer and consumer interests.
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He spoke with great knowledge andintimateexperienceof the problem.
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These are my own views, based on a long andintimateexperience.
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I can tell him from moreintimateexperiencethat it does and can happen.
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I am speaking from veryintimateexperienceof the practice that is followed.
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I am not certain that he has had as long andintimateexperienceof agricultural as of mining matters.
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But those who have practical andintimateexperience, particularly of old people, will need to be much more radically reassured on this point than at present.
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I know that there are others who can speak with a much moreintimateexperiencethan myself of the well-nigh desperate condition in which this industry finds itself to-day.
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At each show, one fan was brought onstage for an even moreintimateexperiencewith the singer.
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Basically it was very important for me to make this video anintimateexperiencefor my fans.
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This tour is going to be a real special,intimateexperiencefor them and for me.
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In all of these works, carefully conceived microphone techniques create intimate experiences which draw the audience into a contemplative world of small ethereal sounds.
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This was anintimateexperience.
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Its small size is not only a moreintimateexperiencewith the audience, but is cheaper to rent when compared to the fees involved with renting a whole stadium.
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First, none of the invited participants knew each other and it would have taken considerable courage to agree to talk about such intimate experiences with a group of strangers.
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