intensify
US: /ɪnˈtɛnsəˌfaɪ/
UK: /ɪntˈɛnsɪfˌaɪ/
UK: /ɪntˈɛnsɪfˌaɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
intensify /in'tensifai/
- ngoại động từ
- làm tăng cao lên, tăng cường
- làm mãnh liệt, làm dữ dội
- làm sâu sắc thêm, làm mạnh thêm
- (nhiếp ảnh) làm nổi thêm
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
(intensifies, intensifying, intensified, intensified) to increase in degree or strength; to make sth increase in degree or strength
Synonym: HEIGHTEN
[V] Violence intensified during the night. + [VN] The opposition leader has intensified his attacks on the government.
intensification [U, sing.]
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
concentrate, focus, sharpen, whet, strengthen, reinforce, heighten, escalate, deepen, quicken, emphasize, magnify, increase, augment, double, redouble, heat up, Colloq step up, Brit hot up:
We must intensify our efforts to effect a settlement of the crisis. The war is intensifying.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
greatly | sharply
The fighting in the area has intensified sharply.
| further
VERB + INTENSIFY
appear to, seem to
The extreme cold seemed, if anything, to intensify.
| tend to | be likely to | serve to
The reforms served only to intensify the misery of the poorer peasants.
Concise English dictionary
intensified|intensifies|intensifyingɪn'tensɪfaɪ
verb
+increase in extent or intensity
+make more intense, stronger, or more marked
+become more intense
+make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
