Building houses far apart reduces intimacy among neighbors.
the whispered intimacies of lovers
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE►great
· The period of the two painters' great intimacy and of their unique collaboration was about to begin.· This combination of higher self-esteem and greater safety created a powerful impetus toward greater intimacy.
►physical
· Sometimes there is promiscuity, when a woman confuses physical intimacy with emotional commitment.· The physical and emotional intimacy of adult sexuality in marriage recreates aspects of our early, and often unremembered, pasts.· You enjoy physical intimacy and affectionate contact as much as women do.
VERB►create
· But the particularity, as Shakespeare formulates it, also creates intimacy.· Actually, it creates different kinds of intimacy.· These large strong skies create an intimacy in the landscape which is an essential lakeland characteristic.· Instead of controlling my children, I tried to create an intimacy with them.· For approaching the jury, she recommends walking slowly in a curving path to create intimacy.
1[uncountable] a state of having a close personal relationship with someoneintimacy of the intimacy of marriageintimacy between a close sense of intimacy between parent and child2intimacies [plural] things you say or do to someone you have a close personal relationship with: She thought back over the intimacies they’d shared and the plans they’d made.3[uncountable] a situation in which you feel you are in private with someone: the cosy intimacy of the café4[uncountable] formal sex – used especially by lawyers and police when they want to avoid using the word ‘sex’