intense

CEFRB1

/ɪnˈtɛns/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very strong, extreme, or deeply felt.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.

Examples

  • Due to the intense sunlight, his back was sunburnt.

  • We were all suffering in the intense heat.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.

  2. Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.

  3. Of a person: very emotional or passionate.

More examples

In context

  • The artist was a small, intense man with piercing blue eyes.

  • The heat is intense.

  • intense study

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

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”)).