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intensifyintensify /ɪnˈtɛnsəˌfaɪ/ AWL verb (, intensified, intensifying) [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEintensify |
| Present | I, you, we, they | intensify | | he, she, it | intensifies | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | intensified | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have intensified | | he, she, it | has intensified | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had intensified | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will intensify | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have intensified |
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| Present | I | am intensifying | | he, she, it | is intensifying | | you, we, they | are intensifying | | Past | I, he, she, it | was intensifying | | you, we, they | were intensifying | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been intensifying | | he, she, it | has been intensifying | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been intensifying | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be intensifying | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been intensifying |
THESAURUSto become larger in amount, number, or degree, or to make something do this► increaseto become larger in amount, number, or degree, or to make something do this: The company has increased its workforce by 10 percent. ► go up/rise to increase in number, price, amount, or level. Go up is less formal than rise: Prices have risen 2%. ► grow to increase in amount, size, or degree: The number of employees at the company has grown from 20 to 300. ► escalate formal to increase to a much higher level: The rate of heart disease escalated as the country began eating a higher fat diet. ► shoot up to quickly increase in number, size, or amount: Unemployment shot up. ► soar to increase quickly to a high level: The temperature soared to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. ► skyrocket to increase suddenly by very large amounts: House prices skyrocketed. ► double to become twice as large or twice as much, or to make something do this: The firm has doubled in size in ten years. They’re trying to double the amount of parts they produce each month. ► triple to become three times as large or three times as much, or to make something do this: The country’s debt has tripled over the last decade. We can triple our earnings by next year. ► multiply to increase a lot, or to make something do this: The company’s problems have multiplied over the past year. ► intensify formal to increase in strength, size, or amount, or to make something do this: The pain in his stomach intensified so they took him to the hospital. ► raise to make a number, price, amount, or level go up: Congress wants to raise the tax on gasoline. ► maximize to increase something as much as possible: The company is looking at ways of maximizing its profits. ► expand to make something increase in number or size: The consulting firm wants to expand its services to include insurance. ► step up to increase your efforts or activities. Step up is less formal than increase: Police officers stepped up their efforts to find the missing girl. ► boost to increase something so that it becomes better or more successful: We found a new manufacturing partner to boost our production. The win boosted the team’s confidence. to increase in strength, size, amount, etc., or to make something do this: Winds intensified during the afternoon. Police have now intensified the search for the lost child.► see thesaurus at increase1—intensification /ɪnˌtɛnsəfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |