Intact

Definition: Intact

Intact

Adjective

1. Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact".

2. Not impaired or diminished in any way; "emerged from the trial with his prestige intact"; "the blast left his hearint intact".

3. (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal".

4. (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire horse".

5. Undamaged in any way; whole; "the vase remained intact despite rough handling".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "intact" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Etymology: Intact \In*tact"\, adjective. [Latin expression intactus; prefix in- not tactus, past participle of tangere to touch: compare to the French expression intact. See In- not, and Tact, Tangent.]. (references)

INTACT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Intact

Perfection

Adjective: perfect, faultless; indefective, indeficient, indefectible; immaculate, spotless, impeccable; free from imperfection; unblemished, uninjured; sound, sound as a roach; in perfect condition; scathless, intact, harmless; seaworthy; (safe); right as a trivet; in seipso totus teres atque rotundus; consummate; (complete); finished.

Permanence

Adjective: stable; persisting; Verb: permanent; established; unchanged; (change; ); renewed; intact, inviolate; persistent; monotonous, uncheckered; unfailing.

Preservation

Preserved; Verb: unimpaired, unbroken, uninjured, unhurt, unsinged, unmarred; safe, safe and sound; intact, with a whole skin.

Whole

Unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn; seamless; undiminished; undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised.

Crosswords: Intact

Dutch (intact), French (entire, in good condition, intact, unbroken, undazzled, unharmed, unsolved, unspoiled, virgin), Romanian (intact, perfect, sound, unbroken, unimpaired, unsullied, untouched, whole).

Well, at least the information in Artoo is still intact. (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas)

A fleet boat of the Navy, with most of her fighting capability intact! And you'd take her back to Pearl, I don't believe it (Run Silent Run Deep; writing credit: Edward L. Beach; John Gay)

No, I'm more or less intact. I just direct my energy elsewhere (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan)

Wow! They discovered an intact 20th century pizzeria (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Well they'd be worth more if the lenses were intact. I'll give you one hundred dollars (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; writing credit: Leonard Nimoy; Harve Bennett)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• America's Health Care Safety Net: Intact But Endangered (reference)

• How to Keep Your Car Running, Your Money in Your Pocket, and Your Mind Intact (reference)

• QLGC (QLogic Corporation): SCSI Saves The Day: Long-Term Thesis Intact [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Rock Masses: Modeling of Underground Openings/Probability of Slope Failure/Fracture of Intact Rock: Proceedings of the Symposium Sponsored by the ge (reference)

• Safe Hockey: How to Survive the Game Intact (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Intact [IMPORT] (reference)

• The Glass Intact (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is a close-up of scientist's hands holding three test tubes. The one on the left contains normal healthy t-lymphocytes, notice the pellet on the bottom. The middle vial has t-cells that have been infected with the AIDS virus HIV also known as HTLV-III; note the pellet has been destroyed since the cells have died. The test tube on the right contains t-lymphocytes that were exposed to the AIDS virus but since they were protected by AZT, the cells were not destroyed and the pellet stayed intact. Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

Skin touch preparation showing Leishmania tropica amastigotes. Intact macrophage is practically filled with amastigotes, several of which have a clearly visible nucleus and kinetoplast (arrows). Parasite. Credit: CDC.

Transmission electron micrograph of intact rotavirus particles, double-shelled. Distinctive rim of radiating capsomeres. Credit: CDC.

Influences on offspring phenotype in an intact nuclear family compared to influences on offspring phenotype in an adoptive family. Credit: NIAA.

Largely intact floating wreckage of a Japanese Navy Type 1 land attack plane (a type later code named "Betty"), which crashed during the aerial torpedo attack on the Allied invasion force off Tulagi Island on 8 August 1942. Photographed from USS Ellet (DD-398). Credit: NAVY.

One of the churches of this venerable and old city, which still retains intact its colonial atmosphere, Sancti Spiritus, Las Villas, Cuba. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The acephalic fetus is a parasitic twin attached to an otherwise intact fetus. (references)

Memory loss and slow thinking may occur, although the ability to reason remains intact. (references)

Immunoassays for intact PTH using double antibody methods represent a major advance in diagnosis. (references)

Business

Light trucks and minivans with all seats intact are generally classified as passenger cars and taxed at considerably higher rates. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

The largest media empires (including media outlets owned by the federal, regional, and local governments) remained intact and, in some cases, grew. (references)

Economic History

Namibia

The modern mining, farming, and industrial sectors of the economy, controlled by the white minority, have affected traditional African society without transforming it. Urban and migratory workers have adopted Western ways, but in rural areas, traditional society remains intact. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

Most of the provisions in the Papuan version survived largely intact in the final text, including permission to rename the province Papua and permission for a Papuan flag and anthem. (references)

Political Economy

Israel

Thus, the 15th Knesset continues intact under the new Prime Minister with new elections scheduled for 2003. (references)

VENEZUELA

It left intact the murky language from the old Decision 344 which has been interpreted by the Andean Community Secretary General as not allowing second use patents. (references)

Nigeria

Internal security is the duty of the State Security Service (SSS). "Rapid Response Teams," staffed by police, remained intact in most states, but these teams had a reduced role and a less menacing presence than in previous years. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

These goods must be re-exported intact within the designated time limit. (references)

Philippines

Shipments from the U.S. may transit through Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc., however, container seals should remain intact. (references)

Egypt

All food products should be packed in appropriate packages which should be clean, intact, and odorless so as to preserve the product and not affect its characteristics. (references)

Women

Pakistan

In rural areas, the practice of a woman "marrying the Koran" still is accepted widely if the family cannot arrange a suitable marriage or wants to keep the family wealth intact. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "intact": left intact. Additional references.

Ending with "intact": non-intact.

Albanian

i paprekur (unharmed, unmoved, unsusceptible, untouched), i padëmtuar (unbroken, unimpaired, whole), i pacenuar (pristine, whole). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غير مصاب بأذى, ‏غير مخصي (entire), ‏سليم (fit, hale, in order, pure, right, robust, sound, undamaged), ‏بكر (first born, get up, live from hand to mouth, maiden, maidenlike, rise early, virgin). (various references)

Bulgarian 

цялостен (across the board, all around, all out, complete, integral, integrate, mass, organic, overall, radical, teetotal, thorough, total, whole), цял (cool, entire, full, good, integral, integrate, livelong, overall, perfect, regular, right, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabridged, unbroken, undivided, whole), непокътнат (entire, undisturbed, unmoved, virgin), пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, clear, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, explicit, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, grand, implicit, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, out and out, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stark, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole, whole-footed, whole-hog). (various references)

Chinese 

原封, 完整 (complete). (various references)

Czech

neporušený (inviolate, unbroken, whole), nepoškozený (unharmed, unscathed, untouched), nedotèený (inviolate, undisturbed, unspoiled, untouched). (various references)

Danish

intakt. (various references)

Dutch

intact. (various references)

Farsi 

کامل (Absolute, Complete, Culminant, Exact, Integral, Large, Main, Mature, Perfect, Plenary, Stark, Thorough, Unabridged, Unmitigated, Unqualified, Whole), سالم (Hale, Healthy, Lucid, Safe, Salubrious, Sane, Sound, Valid, Well, Whole), صدمه ندیده (Unscathed), دست نخورده (Entire, Virgin, Whole), بی عیب (Entire, Leal, Perfect, Sound, Unexceptionable). (various references)

Finnish

koskematon (inviolable, untouched), eheä (sound, unbroken, undamaged, whole). (various references)

French

intact (in good condition). (various references)

German

unbeschädigt (unbroken, undamaged, undamagedly, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed, unspoiled, unspoiledly, unspoilt, unspoiltly), intakt (in good order). (various references)

Greek 

άρτιος (whole), άθικτοσ (intangible, inviolate, unscathed, untouchable, untouched), άθικτος, ακέραιος (integral, whole), ανέγγιχτοσ (impervious to closed, touchy, untouched), ανέπαφοσ (utouched), ανέπαφος. (various references)

Hebrew 

ללא פגם (faultless, flawless, immaculate), שלא נזוק, שלם (absolute, complete, entire, integral, paymaster, perfect, round, scot free, self contained, strict, total, whole). (various references)

Hungarian

érintetlen (inviolate, untouched, virgin). (various references)

Indonesian

utuh (whole), lengkap (complete). (various references)

Italian

intatto (unbroken, undamaged, undazzled, untouched, virgin). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

全き (complete, perfect, sound, whole). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まったき (complete, perfect, sound, whole). (various references)

Manx

slane (absolute, absolute of ruler, absolutely, chin-chin, complete, entire, fully, gross, healed, integer, inviolate, perfect, sane, sheer, thorough, total, unbroken, undivided, unexpurgated as edition; good bye, unexpurgated; good bye, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, utter, well, whole). (various references)

Pig Latin

intactay.(various references)

Portuguese

intacto (unbroken, unimpaired, uninjured). (various references)

Romanian

intact (perfect, sound, unbroken, unimpaired, unsullied, untouched, whole), neştirbit (unbroken, untouched), neatins (unimpaired, untouched, virgin). (various references)

Russian 

нетронутый (parthenic, unharmed, unimpaired, untapped, untouched, virgin), неповрежденный (uncrippled, undamaged, uninjured). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

intaktan, netaknut (untouched, virgin), čitav (entire, safe, unitary, whole). (various references)

Spanish

intacto (safe, unbroken, whole). (various references)

Swedish

orörd (integral, inviolate, undisturbed, virgin). (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งไม่เสียหาย. (various references)

Turkish

tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), el değmemiş (guiltless, maiden, untouched), dokunulmamış (untouched), bozulmamış (inviolate, pristine, sound, unbroken, unimpaired, unsophisticated, unspoiled, unspoilt, untainted, untouched). (various references)

Turkmen 

sazlamak (make accurate), saz (music, musical), abat. (various references)

Ukrainian

непошкоджений (sound, unharmed, unscathed, whole). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không bị sứt mẻ, không bị kém không bị ảnh hưởng không bị thiến, không bị hoạn còn trinh, không bị đụng chạm đến, còn nguyên vẹn không bị thay đổi, còn màng trinh. (various references)

conserva, conservabant, conservabat, conservabit, conservabunt, conservabuntur, conservantibus, conservare, conservari, conservasti, conservat, conservata, conservatae, conservatam, conservate, conservati, conservatis, conservatur, conservaveritis, conservaverunt, conservavit, conservent, conserves, conservet, conservo, incorrupti, incorruptum, intactum. (various references)

gehal. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "intact": intactness, intactnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Intact" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antracyt, inact, infact, Injac, inmac, inpact, inta, intacd, intacta, intactae, intext, intust, Itacs, itat. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: actin, antic, attic, tacit, taint, tinct, titan.

-2 letters: anti, cain, cant, tact, tain, tint.

-3 letters: act, ain, ait, ani, ant, att, can, cat, nit, tan, tat, tic, tin.

-4 letters: ai, an, at, in, it, na, ta, ti.

+1 letter: catmint, catting, nictate, taction, tantric, tetanic, titanic.

+2 letters: anticity, anticult, catmints, chatting, citation, entastic, excitant, incitant, interact, nictated, nictates, oscitant, pittance, sanctity, scatting, taciturn, taconite, tactions, tantalic, tenacity, tetanics, toxicant, traction, tunicate, urticant.

+3 letters: actuating, actuation, antarctic, antistick, antitoxic, attaching, attacking, authentic, carnotite, catatonia, catatonic, cattiness, certainty, citations, crepitant, dictating, dictation, emittance, excitants, facetting, fantastic, incitants, injectant, interacts, intestacy, intricate, lactating, lactation, latticing, manicotti, nictating, nictitate, outacting, pectinate, pittances, quittance, scantiest, syntactic, tacitness, taconites, tactician, thatching, toxicants, tractions, tunicated, tunicates, urticants, ventifact.