intense

== 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) Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering. Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree. Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate. Of a person: very emotional or passionate. (also figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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 inflection of intens: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive 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) intense ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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) intense ==== Related terms ==== intensitate == Italian == === Adjective === intense f pl feminine plural of intenso === Anagrams === sentine, tensine == Latin == === Adjective === intēnse vocative masculine singular of intēnsus == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === intense inflection of intens: definite singular plural == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === intense inflection of intens: definite singular plural