to intensify
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4.0
- verb
- /ɪnˈtɛn.sɪ.faɪ/
:
intensificar
- Crackdowns on human smugglers and traffickers need to be intensified, and their victims protected.
- intensify efforts
- intensify competition
- intensify rivalries
All of these things will intensify conflict.
- All of these things will intensify conflict.
- Whatever you feel, intensify that feeling.
- I do have to say that, however, it just does not separate and intensify my lashes the way I want them to.
- Now, if you wanted to intensify the look of this, you could go in with a darker shade.
Examples
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Given this finding, group chats could intensify student learning by providing another avenue for collaboration.
Academic text (2013) -
The cross-border movement of goods, services, and people has intensified, both in terms of volume and speed.
Academic text (2008) -
Whatever you feel, intensify that feeling.
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All of these things will intensify conflict.
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Now I'm just going to intensify the black even more.
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As the military struggle nears its close, the political struggle intensifies.
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The coach asked the players to intensify their training as the championship approached.
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The heat from the sun began to intensify as midday approached, making the beach crowded.
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Her passion for painting intensified after she attended a workshop last summer.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To make something larger or more in number
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1.0
To become greater in amount or strength
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1.8
Make something larger in number, amount or degree
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5.5
To become larger, more serious, or more intense
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4.1
To make a feeling, effect or situation stronger
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3.4
Make something greater in amount, speed or strength
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3.4
To become more intense or make a situation more intense
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3.6
Make a feeling or situation stronger
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5.3
To make something bigger by adding more to it
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4.1
To increase something, especially its amount or speed
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4.1
To make something larger, stronger, or more important
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4.2
Make a situation more urgent to force someone to act
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6.7
To increase something slowly until it becomes hard to reduce
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6.5
To increase something a lot, often efforts or strength
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3.9
Increase the size or amount of something so it still works well
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1.3
Make an amount or level higher
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5.1
To make a feeling or desire stronger
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5.8
To make something much more powerful or effective
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7.1
Gradually become stronger until a high point
To increase something to its highest or most extreme level
To make feelings like anger or excitement stronger
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intensify comes from the parts in- meaning 'in' and tens meaning 'stretch', the same root you see in tension and tense. So to intensify something is to 'stretch' it more, in other words to make it stronger or more extreme.