intimate nature

collocation in English

meaningsofintimateandnature

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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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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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(Definition ofintimateandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In addition, the personal andintimatenatureof her letters casts an unusually precise light on some familiar generalizations regarding changing notions of propriety.
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Care of anintimatenature, including help with bathing, dressing and feeding, is usually considered to be personal care.
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Justices' clerks can carry out directions hearings in the family courts and order welfare reports and medical examinations, including those of anintimatenature.
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There is a power to set out in regulations what is, or is not, a service of anintimatenature.
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Such services, when provided to the carer but delivered to the person cared for, may not, except prescribed circumstances, include anything of anintimatenature.
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There is a power to set out in regulations what is or is not a service of anintimatenature.
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That misses the point of theintimatenatureof the small homes with such a small number of people in them.
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If such services are delivered to the carer, they may not, except in prescribed circumstances, include anything of anintimatenature.
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It is sometimes almost indecent to pry into theintimatenatureof such a document.
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Thus help for carers which takes the form of a service delivered to the person cared for may not, except in prescribed circumstances, include anything of anintimatenature.
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Therefore, in that way it would maintain theintimatenatureof the service—education is an intimate service—as between the parent and the school and between the parent and the authority.
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This was partly due to the rigidity of social convention at the time, but it also reflected theintimatenatureof the afternoon tea.
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Not knowable in itsintimatenature, form is defined as the simple result of forces.
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Furthermore, the comparativelyintimatenatureof interviews can make participants feel vulnerable to harm or exploitation.
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Theintimatenatureof the smaller band allowed the artists to interpret songs differently each time they played.
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The musicians returned to working as a trio and their concerts took on a moreintimatenature.
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That said, given itsintimatenature, it should resonate wider and deeper than that.
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Because of itsintimatenature, chamber music has been described as the music of friends.
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His poetry is of anintimatenatureand his compositions are often put to music.
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He added that some songs proved difficult to perform in concert due theirintimatenature.
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