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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To make intense or more intense: The press has intensified its scrutiny of the candidate's background.
  2. v. To increase the contrast of (a photographic image).
  3. v. To become intense or more intense: The search intensified as dusk approached.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To render intense or more intense; heighten the action or some quality of.
  2. Specifically, in photography, to render more opaque, as the chemically affected parts of a negative. See intensification, 2.
  3. To become intense or more intense; act with greater effort or energy.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
  2. v. intransitive To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To render more intense
  2. v. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
  2. v. become more intense
  3. v. increase in extent or intensity
  4. v. make more intense, stronger, or more marked

Examples

  • “The fall-out from England's dreadful World Cup continues, and the calls intensify for young blood to be drafted into the squad to revive hopes of glory in Euro 2012 and the World Cup in”

    Official Everton Football Club News Feed

  • “But punters in Carlisle who WEREN'T wearing them were the odd ones out as they witnessed the race for the Premiership title intensify - in 3D.”

    News round-up

  • “Mississauga have plans to "intensify" - build more densely within their current built areas”

    Thestar.com - Home Page

  • “The escalating protest comes as international calls intensify for Mr. Saleh's resignation.”

    Voice of America: Yemeni President Agrees to Meet Opposition in Saudi Arabia

  • “If you sip a little cold water after you finished the artichoke, the anisic, licorice flavour will intensify, which is quite magical!”

    Archive 2009-02-01

  • “Australia's stock - and futures-exchange operator, said it will raise the maximum penalty on market abuses to A$1 million (US$916,000) from A$250,000 as calls intensify for more disclosure about short selling.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Australia market operator

  • “Now, as margin calls intensify, hedge funds and others find they must unload even assets perceived as high-quality, such as bonds backed by the government-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac”

    The Wall Street Journal: Hedge Funds Squeezed

  • “Now, as margin calls intensify, hedge funds and others find they must unload even assets perceived as high quality, such as bonds backed by the government-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Squeeze hits hedge funds

  • “We need to change these appalling attitudes and in practical terms intensify their eradication from existence.”

    CLOSING ADDRESS TO WCAR NGO FORUM BY THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT ZUMA

  • “The move comes a day after Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned Murdoch's Australian arm it faced some "hard questions" as calls intensify for a media inquiry following the explosive News of the World furore.”

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion

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synonyms (12)

Words with the same meaning

  1. heighten
  2. intensate
  1. strengthen
  2. enhance
  1. concentrate
  2. sharpen
  1. whet
  2. deepen
  1. thicken
  2. embody
  1. aggravate
  2. raised

antonyms (4)

Words with the opposite meaning

  1. abate
  1. fade
  1. weaken
  1. relax

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. change
  1. modify
  1. alter

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. pine-knot
  2. rentier
  1. shyest
  2. chart-topper
  1. mining-camp
  2. biologic
  1. computer-to-computer
  2. neuropathic
  1. inter-racial
  2. one-shot
  1. under-21
  2. imperialistic
  1. incapacitate
  2. interdenominational

reverse dictionary (48)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. flare
  2. break open
  3. burst out
  4. erupt
  5. flare-up
  6. irrupt
  7. heighten
  8. raise
  9. irritate
  1. intensate
  2. intensifier
  3. work
  4. inflame
  5. concentrate
  6. kibosh
  7. enhancive
  8. stipple-paper
  9. microphonic
  1. redevelop
  2. be-
  3. intend
  4. aggravate
  5. ever so
  6. exalt
  7. activate
  8. accentuate
  9. escalate
  1. kick
  2. roof
  3. speaking trumpet
  4. conspire
  5. crank
  6. grow
  7. intensive
  8. megaphone
  9. so
  1. animate
  2. augment
  3. enliven
  4. indeed
  5. inspire
  6. invigorate
  7. melodrama
  8. own
  9. resonator
  1. vinegar tree
  2. epanorthosis
  3. improve

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