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intact

[in-takt] / ɪnˈtækt /


Usage

What are other ways to say intact? The adjective intact implies retaining completeness and original condition: a package delivered intact. Perfect emphasizes not only completeness but also high quality and absence of defects or blemishes: a perfect diamond. Complete implies that a certain unit has all its parts or is fully developed or perfected, and may apply to a process or purpose carried to fulfillment: a complete explanation. Entire means whole, having unbroken unity: an entire book. 

Example Sentences

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Mangoes kept at 12°C retained intact cell walls and starch granules even after 24 days.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

They kept their 5,000-tree goal and timeline intact.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

The project faced the usual realities—bureaucracy, competing interests, cost overruns—yet the design stayed remarkably intact because important stakeholders insisted on integrity over novelty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Importantly, these changes could leave Cuba's government largely intact.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

He held his hands out, palms turning upwards in a slow ballet of bone, marrow intact after all this time, under the crowded sky, against the broken ground.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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