What does INTENSE mean?
Definitions for INTENSE
ɪnˈtɛnsin·tense
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Princeton's WordNet
intenseadjective
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
"intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
acute, intenseadjective
extremely sharp or intense
"acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
intense, vividadjective
(of color) having the highest saturation
"vivid green"; "intense blue"
Wiktionary
intenseadjective
Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
intenseadjective
Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
INTENSEadjective
Etymology: intensus, Latin.
To observe the effects of a distillation, prosecuted with so intense and unusual a degree of heat, we ventured to come near. Boyle.
Sublime or low, unbended or intense,
The sound is still a comment to the sense. Wentworth Dillon.Hebraisms warm and animate our language, and convey our thoughts in more ardent and intense phrases. Addison.
But in disparity
The one intense; the other still remiss,
Cannot well suit with either, but soon prove
Tedious alike. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii.
Wikipedia
Intense
Intense is the fifth studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It was released on 3 May 2013 by Armada Music. The first song announced to be on the album is "Waiting for the Night", featuring the singer Fiora, which was released on 21 January 2013 as the theme song to the Dutch film Loving Ibiza (Verliefd op Ibiza). The second song announced to be on the album is "Forever is Ours", featuring the singer Emma Hewitt. The third song and first official single to be released is "This Is What It Feels Like", featuring the Canadian singer and songwriter Trevor Guthrie, was released on 5 April 2013. The accompanying music video, featuring Ron Jeremy, was released on 17 March 2013. The album was first released exclusively on Spotify on 29 April 2013, followed by its official release on digital and physical media on 3 May 2013. An extended version of the album, called Intense (The More Intense Edition), was released on 12 November 2013. This album contains remixes from musicians such as John Ewbank, Andrew Rayel, W&W, Cosmic Gate, Tritonal, Ummet Ozcan and Ørjan Nilsen, along with radio edits, music videos, as well as two new songs from Armin van Buuren: "Save My Night" and "Don't Want to Fight Love Away" featuring Cindy Alma.
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intense
Intense refers to a quality, condition, or feeling that is extremely strong, powerful, or concentrated. It can also refer to a high degree of emotional or mental focus, effort, or activity.
Webster Dictionary
Intenseadjective
strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought
Intenseadjective
extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light
Etymology: [L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf. Intent, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Intense
in-tens′, adj. closely strained: extreme in degree: very severe: emotional.—v.t. Inten′sate (Carlyle), to intensify.—adv. Intense′ly.—ns. Intense′ness, Intens′ity; Intensificā′tion, the act of intensifying.—v.t. Inten′sify, to make more intense.—v.i. to become intense:—pa.p. intens′ified.—n. Inten′sion, a straining or bending: increase of intensity: (logic) the sum of the qualities implied by a general name.—adj. Inten′sive, stretched: admitting of increase of degree: unremitted: serving to intensify: (gram.) giving force or emphasis.—adv. Inten′sively.—n. Inten′siveness. [See Intend.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'INTENSE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3918
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'INTENSE' in Adjectives Frequency: #531
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Anagrams for INTENSE »
tennesi
tennies
sennite
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of INTENSE in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of INTENSE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of INTENSE in a Sentence
I think that something that’s put pressure on, but I think she was quite clear that she just ran out of ran out of juice in the tank, she was exhausted from doing a job that was probably more intense than any job a New Zealand prime minister has done since the Second World War.
Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic:
We are now in intense communication with Ukrainian authorities but also international financial institutions, we are analysing the ways in which we can assist Ukraine in financing gas purchases for the next heating season.
We're still waiting for immediate measures, with a bigger and more effective scope, to fight the sediments that are in the rivers and reduce the intense cloudiness of the rivers.
The conversation wasn't particularly intense, it wasn't particularly belligerent, and it lasted about four minutes.
The crisis is definitely a flashpoint, and likely a turning point, for western platforms operating in Russia, moscow will no doubt continue pressing platforms to take down unflattering content, using all the leverage at its disposal. If the companies comply, public backlash elsewhere around the world will be intense.
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- المكثفArabic
- intensCatalan, Valencian
- vášnivý, intenzivní, silnýCzech
- dwysWelsh
- intensivGerman
- intensoSpanish
- biziBasque
- شدیدPersian
- äärimmäinen, intensiivinenFinnish
- intenseFrench
- dlúthIrish
- तीव्रHindi
- intensIndonesian
- intensaIdo
- intensoItalian
- 激烈, 激しいですJapanese
- 심한Korean
- summaLatin
- amatMalay
- intensNorwegian
- intensywnyPolish
- intenso, tensoPortuguese
- intensRomanian
- напряжённый, интенсивныйRussian
- intensivSwedish
- தீவிரTamil
- తీవ్రమైనTelugu
- เข้มข้นThai
- yoğunTurkish
- شدیدUrdu
- The word "intense" can be translated to Vietnamese as "mãnh liệt."Vietnamese
- 激烈Chinese
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