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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6475 COCA: 5921

intensify

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
intensify /ɪnˈtɛnsəˌfaɪ/ verb
intensifies; intensified; intensifying
intensify
/ɪnˈtɛnsəˌfaɪ/
verb
intensifies; intensified; intensifying
Learner's definition of INTENSIFY
[no object] : to become stronger or more extreme : to become more intense加强;增强;变极端
[+ object] : to make (something) stronger or more extreme : to make (something) more intense使加强;使增强;使加剧

— intensification

/ɪnˌtɛnsəfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun
[noncount]
[singular]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6475 COCA: 5921

intensify

verb

in·​ten·​si·​fy in-ˈten(t)-sə-ˌfī How to pronounce intensify (audio)
intensified; intensifying

intransitive verb

: to become intense or more intensive : grow stronger or more acute

transitive verb

1
: to make intense or more intensive : strengthen
2
a
: to make more acute : sharpen
b
: to increase the density and contrast of (a photographic image) by chemical treatment
intensification noun

Example Sentences

We could hear the wind howling outside as the storm intensified. They intensified their efforts to increase sales. an intensified search for survivors
Recent Examples on the Web The findings suggest that the five-day rainfall event will continue to intensify under future warming. Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022 Drought, wildfires and lack of affordable housing are issues that continue to intensify in California. Eliana Perez, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022 Climate change will continue to intensify heat waves and droughts. Claire Parker, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022 This will continue to intensify the flash drought which worsened this past week across the Great Plains and Mississippi Valley, according to the latest US Drought monitor report released Thursday morning. Judson Jones, CNN, 29 July 2022 As the protests continue to intensify and spread, U.S. President Joe Biden has stayed on the sidelines and not personally weighed in on the revolts against the clerical regime. Fox News, 31 May 2022 As the climate heats up further, the increasing atmospheric thirst will continue to intensify drought stress, with consequences for water availability, long-lasting and intense heat stress, and large-scale ecosystem transformation. Imtiaz Rangwala, The Conversation, 19 May 2022 Scientists have long warned that this whiplash would become more common as the consequences of a warming planet continue to intensify. Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021 Chrome users be warned, the attacks on Chrome continue to intensify and Google has now confirmed two more critical hacks. Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

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The first known use of intensify was in 1817
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6475 COCA: 5921
intensify

verb

ADVERB | VERB + INTENSIFY ADVERBgreatly極大地增強dramatically, rapidly, sharply急劇/快速/突然加劇The fighting in the area has intensified sharply.該地區的戰事陡然升級。gradually逐漸增強further進一步加劇VERB + INTENSIFYseem to似乎加劇The extreme cold seemed, if anything, to intensify.這極端的寒冷,如果說有什麼變化的話,似乎是加劇了。tend to趨向於加劇be likely to很可能增強serve to起到強化作用The reforms served only to intensify the misery of the poorer peasants.這些變革只不過是加劇了貧苦農民的苦難。

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