intense

English Online Dictionary. What means intense‎? What does intense mean?

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English intens, intense (“ardent, fervent; extreme, great, intense”), borrowed from Old French intense (modern French intense), or directly from its etymon Latin intēnsus (“strained, stretched tight; intense; attentive; violent; (rare) eager, intent”), the perfect passive participle of intendō (“to stretch out, strain”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + tendō (“to extend, stretch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to extend, stretch”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛns/
• Rhymes: -ɛns
• Hyphenation: in‧tense

Adjective

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

1. Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
2. Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
3. Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.
4. Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
5. (also figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.

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References

Further reading

• intensity (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intense”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “intense”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “intense”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• enseint, sentine, tennesi, tennies

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

intense

1. inflection of intens:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Anagrams

• niesten

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French intense, from Old French intense, which was borrowed from Latin intēnsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɑ̃s/

Adjective

intense (plural intenses)

1. intense

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Descendants

• → Dutch: intens
  • → Indonesian: intens

Further reading

• “intense”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• seinent, tiennes

Interlingua

Adjective

intense (comparative plus intense, superlative le plus intense)

1. intense

Related terms

• intensitate

Italian

Adjective

intense f pl

1. feminine plural of intenso

Anagrams

• sentine, tensine

Latin

Adjective

intēnse

1. vocative masculine singular of intēnsus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

intense

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

intense

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