intensify
verb/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/
/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intensify | /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/ /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it intensifies | /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪz/ /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple intensified | /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/ /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle intensified | /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/ /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form intensifying | /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- to increase in degree or strength; to make something increase in degree or strength synonym heighten
- Violence intensified during the night.
- The fighting in the area has intensified sharply.
- intensify something The opposition leader has intensified his attacks on the government.
- The reforms served only to intensify the misery of the poorer peasants.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- dramatically
- rapidly
- …
- seem to
- tend to
- be likely to
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent.: coined by Coleridge.Definitions on the go
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