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intact

/ɪnˈtækt/

adjective

What it means

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

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

    1 more example

    But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.

    2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 28 May 2013
  2. Virginal; having an intact hymen.

    She hadn't been... molested? No, no, nothing like that. I have examined her. She is quite intact.

    1975, Clifford Green, Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)
  3. chiefly intactivismUncircumcised; having an intact foreskin.

    GM, 28, intact, atheist, 5'9", 140 lbs., seeks similar guy 20-30 for conversation and other forms of communication.

    1985 August 17, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 13

In a sentence

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

Where it comes from

  1. Latinintact(us)
  2. Middle Frenchintact
  3. Englishintact

From Middle French intact, from Latin intact(us).

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