intense

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle French intense, from Latin intensus (“stretched tight”), past participle of intendere (“to stretch out”), from in (“in, upon, to”) + tendere (“to stretch”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛns/

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• Rhymes: -ɛns

AdjectiveEdit

intense (comparative intenser or more intense, superlative intensest or most intense)

1. Strained; tightly drawn.
2. Strict, very close or earnest.

   intense study;  intense thought

3. Extreme in degree; excessive.
4. Extreme in size or strength.
   • 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

     Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.

5. Stressful and tiring.
6. Very severe.

Related termsEdit

Terms related to intense

• intensely
• intenseness

• intensification
• intensify

• intensity
• intensive

TranslationsEdit

strained; tightly drawn

• Basque: bizi
• Catalan: intens (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劇烈 (zh), 剧烈 (zh) (jùliè), 激烈 (zh) (jīliè)

• Czech: intenzivní (cs), silný (cs), vášnivý (cs)
• Dutch: intens (nl)
• Finnish: intensiivinen, äärimmäinen (fi)
• French: intense (fr)
• German: intensiv (de)
• Ido: intensa (io)

• Irish: dlúth
• Italian: intenso (it)
• Japanese: 激烈な (ja) (げきれつな, gekiretsu-na), きつい (kitsui)
• Portuguese: tenso (pt)
• Romanian: intens (ro)
• Russian: интенси́вный (ru) (intensívnyj), напряжённый (ru) (naprjažónnyj)
• Spanish: intenso (es)
• Turkish: yoğun (tr)
• Welsh: dwys (cy)

extreme in degree

• Catalan: intens (ca)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: σφοδρός (sphodrós)

• Irish: dian, dian-, tréan-, an-
• Italian: intenso (it)
• Malay: amat
• Maori: kitakita (of colour), tīwerawera (of noise, sound), mātaratara (of cold)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: intensiv

  Nynorsk: intensiv

• Portuguese: intenso (pt)
• Romanian: intens (ro)
• Spanish: intenso (es)

Further readingEdit

• intense in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• intense in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• intense at OneLook Dictionary Search

AnagramsEdit

• enseint, sentine, tennesi, tennies

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PronunciationEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

intense

1. Inflected form of intens

AnagramsEdit

• niesten

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin intensus.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɑ̃s/

• audio

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AdjectiveEdit

intense (plural intenses)

1. intense

Related termsEdit

Terms related to intense

• intensif

• intensité

Further readingEdit

• “intense” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

AnagramsEdit

• seinent, tiennes

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ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

intense f pl

1. Feminine plural of adjective intenso.

AnagramsEdit

• sentine

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LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

intense

1. vocative masculine singular of intensus

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

AdjectiveEdit

intense

1. inflection of intens:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

AdjectiveEdit

intense

1. inflection of intens:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural