intensify
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
increase in extent or intensity
The Allies escalated the bombing
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- de-escalate antonym
- step-up derivation
- escalation derivation
- intensification derivation
- intensiveness derivation
Sense 2 verb
make more intense, stronger, or more marked
The efforts were intensified
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- deepen causes
- intensification derivation
- intensiveness derivation
- intensifier derivation
Sense 3 verb
become more intense
The debate intensified
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- intensification derivation
- intensiveness derivation
Sense 4 verb
make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- intensification derivation
- chroma derivation
- photography domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | de-escalate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | step-up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | escalation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensiveness |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redouble |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | deepen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensifier |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | screw up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fan |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enhance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | amplify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sharpen |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heighten |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensification |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensiveness |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | build |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | redouble |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | irrupt |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | condense |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sharpen |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quicken |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chroma |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | photography |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |