intensifier
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- noun
- /ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪər/
- Specialized
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intensificador
- Radar @ 131: Here, around Boston, they use wicked, but only as an intensifier—as in "that's wicked cool."
- image intensifiers
Two intensifiers, you know, self, self, you could say unglike.
- Two intensifiers, you know, self, self, you could say unglike.
- Kata is an intensifier, so it takes it to the level of you and I French.
Examples
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In English, the word "very" is a common intensifier that enhances the meaning of adjectives.
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Use the intensifier disk, the one in your hand.
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Really is an adverb used frequently as an intensifier.
Blog text (1) -
How often do you exaggerate in your evaluations, using superlatives such as "all" or "never," or intensifiers such as "very" or "so"?
Academic text (1993) -
Baugh emphasizes that in AAVE, done has both "perfective functions and an intensifier role similar to that of really" in Standard American English (69, 74-77).
Academic text (2003) -
She used the intensifier "absolutely" to emphasize how much she enjoyed the movie.
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Many people add the intensifier "really" before an adjective to strengthen it, like in "really happy."
Synonyms
Something that makes a feeling or effect stronger
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intensifier comes from in- ('in' or 'toward') plus a root like tens that means 'to stretch', as you can see in the common words tension and tense. So an intensifier 'stretches' or tightens the force of a word and makes an adjective or adverb stronger.