Intensify - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ|
Brit.
|ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ|
verb
- increase in extent or intensity (syn: escalate, step up)
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked (syn: compound, deepen, heighten)
- become more intense (syn: deepen)
- make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked (syn: compound, deepen, heighten)
- become more intense (syn: deepen)
- make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
Extra examples
We could hear the wind howling outside as the storm intensified.
They intensified their efforts to increase sales.
In June the civil war intensified.
His mother's death intensified his loneliness.
It may intensify the conflict between them.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: intensify
he/she/it: intensifies
present participle: intensifying
past tense: intensified
past participle: intensified
I/you/we/they: intensify
he/she/it: intensifies
present participle: intensifying
past tense: intensified
past participle: intensified
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