"intensify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intensify.wav [Southern-England] Forms: intensifies [present, singular, third-person], intensifying [participle, present], intensified [participle, past], intensified [past]
Etymology: intense + -ify. Compare French intensifier. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|intense|ify}} intense + -ify, {{cog|fr|intensifier}} French intensifier Head templates: {{en-verb}} intensify (third-person singular simple present intensifies, present participle intensifying, simple past and past participle intensified)
  1. (transitive) To render more intense Tags: transitive Translations (to render more intense): biziagotu (Basque), усилвам (usilvam) (Bulgarian), засилвам (zasilvam) (Bulgarian), intensificar (Catalan), 加劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 加剧 (jiājù) (Chinese Mandarin), intensivere (Danish), intensiveren (Dutch), akrigi (Esperanto), intensifier (French), intensifizieren (German), intensivieren (German), fokoz (Hungarian), géaraigh (Irish), neartaigh (Irish), intensificare (Italian), 강화시키다 (ganghwasikida) (Korean), whakamarohi (Maori), intensyfikować (Polish), intensificar (Portuguese), intensifica (Romanian), интенсифици́ровать (intensificírovatʹ) (Russian), intensificar (Spanish), intensifiera (Swedish), yoğunlaşmak (Turkish), yoğunlaştırmak (Turkish), інтенсифікува́ти (intensyfikuváty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-intensify-en-verb-dSNvbs1U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'to render more intense': 83 17
  2. (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (become intense or more intense): intensen
    Sense id: en-intensify-en-verb-rBREG64v Disambiguation of 'become intense or more intense': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: intensification Translations (to become more intense): усилвам се (usilvam se) (Bulgarian), засилвам се (zasilvam se) (Bulgarian), intensifier (French), s’intensifier (French), εντατικοποιώ (entatikopoió) (Greek), εντείνω (enteíno) (Greek), επιτείνω (epiteíno) (Greek), géaraigh (Irish), intensificar-se (Portuguese), arreciar (Spanish), intensifieras (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to become more intense': 45 55

Inflected forms

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      "word": "whakamarohi"
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    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "entatikopoió",
      "sense": "to become more intense",
      "word": "εντατικοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enteíno",
      "sense": "to become more intense",
      "word": "εντείνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epiteíno",
      "sense": "to become more intense",
      "word": "επιτείνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to become more intense",
      "word": "géaraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become more intense",
      "word": "intensificar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become more intense",
      "word": "arreciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become more intense",
      "word": "intensifieras"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intensify"
}

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