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intensify en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪ/

Etymology

From intense + -ify. Compare French intensifier.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To render more intense.
   • to intensify colors
   • to intensify animosity
   • to intensify a photographic negative
   • to intensify the heat or cold
2. (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
   • Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force. 2012 January 14, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2012, page 70:
   • Feminist critiques of continuity discourse have become increasingly audible within the mainstream Jewish world, intensifying last year after [Steven M.] Cohen himself was accused of serial sexual harassment. 2019 August 7, Marissa Brostoff, Noah Kulwin, “The Right Kind of Continuity”, in Jewish Currents:

Forms

Deriveds

reintensify

Relateds

intensification

Synonyms

exalt (become intense or more intense) · add · intensen (become intense or more intense)

Translations (43)

ro intensifica (to render more intense) · ga géaraigh (to render more intense) · ga géaraigh (to become more intense) · nl verhevigen (to become more intense) · nl intensiveren (to render more intense) · nl verhevigen (to render more intense) · el επιτείνω (to become more intense) · sv intensifieras (to become more intense) · fr intensifier (to become more intense) · it intensificare (to render more intense) · ru интенсифици́ровать (to render more intense) · sv intensifiera (to render more intense) · fr intensifier (to render more intense) · hu fokoz (to render more intense) · el εντείνω (to become more intense) · eo akrigi (to render more intense) · pl intensyfikować (to render more intense) · mi whakamarohi (to render more intense) · pt intensificar-se (to become more intense) · da intensivere (to render more intense) · ko 강화시키다 (to render more intense) · ca intensificar (to render more intense) · tr yoğunlaştırmak (to render more intense) · pt intensificar (to render more intense) · de intensivieren (to render more intense) · eu biziagotu (to render more intense) · bg усилвам се (to become more intense) · bg усилвам (to render more intense) · fi tehostaa (to render more intense) · ga neartaigh (to render more intense) · tl tindihan (to render more intense) · tl tumindi (to become more intense) · de intensifizieren (to render more intense) · bg засилвам (to render more intense) · es arreciar (to become more intense) · fr s'intensifier (to become more intense) · uk інтенсифікува́ти (to render more intense) · bg засилвам се (to become more intense) · es intensificar (to render more intense) · tr yoğunlaşmak (to render more intense) · cmn 加劇 /加剧 (to render more intense) · fi tehostua (to become more intense) · el εντατικοποιώ (to become more intense)