Intensifier — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪntˈɛnsɪfˌaɪɚɹ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪntˈɛnsɪfˌaɪəɹ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪntˈɛnsɪfˌaɪəɹ/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪntˈɛnsɪfˌaɪɚɹ/.

Examples

`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

intensive

Parts of Speech

noun	a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies “`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier”

Word Forms

intensify

verb

make more intense, stronger, or more marked; ,

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verstärker

ein Modifikator, der kaum eine Bedeutung hat, außer die Bedeutung zu verstärken, die er modifiziert

🇫🇷French

intensificateur

un modificateur qui n'a peu de sens que d'intensifier le sens qu'il modifie

🇪🇸Spanish

intensificador

un modificador que tiene poco significado excepto intensificar el significado que modifica

🇮🇹Italian

intensificatore

un modificatore che ha poco significato se non quello di intensificare il significato che modifica

🇳🇱Dutch

versterker

een modificator die weinig betekenis heeft, behalve om de betekenis die hij wijzigt te intensiveren

🇵🇹Portuguese

intensificador

um modificador que tem pouco significado, exceto para intensificar o significado que modifica

🇷🇺Russian

усилитель

модификатор, который имеет мало значения, за исключением усиления значения, которое он модифицирует

India

🇮🇳Tamil

தீவிரப்படுத்தி

மாற்றியமைக்கும் பொருளைத் தீவிரப்படுத்துவதைத் தவிர சிறிய அர்த்தமுள்ள ஒரு மாற்றியமைப்பான்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఇంటెన్సిఫైయర్

అది సవరించే అర్థాన్ని తీవ్రతరం చేయడం తప్ప తక్కువ అర్థాన్ని కలిగి ఉండే మాడిఫైయర్

🇮🇳Marathi

तीव्र करणारा

एक मॉडिफायर ज्याला तो सुधारित केलेला अर्थ तीव्र करण्याशिवाय फारसा अर्थ नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

તીવ્ર

એક સંશોધક કે જેનો અર્થ તે સંશોધિત કરે છે તેને તીવ્ર બનાવવા સિવાય થોડો અર્થ ધરાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೀವ್ರಗೊಳಿಸುವವನು

ಮಾರ್ಪಡಿಸುವ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ತೀವ್ರಗೊಳಿಸುವುದನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡು

🇮🇳Malayalam

തീവ്രത

പരിഷ്‌ക്കരിക്കുന്ന അർത്ഥത്തെ തീവ്രമാക്കുക എന്നതൊഴിച്ചാൽ കാര്യമായ അർത്ഥമില്ലാത്ത ഒരു മോഡിഫയർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤੀਬਰ

ਇੱਕ ਸੰਸ਼ੋਧਕ ਜਿਸਦਾ ਬਹੁਤ ਘੱਟ ਅਰਥ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਸਿਵਾਏ ਇਸਦੇ ਸੰਸ਼ੋਧਿਤ ਅਰਥਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਤੀਬਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

تیز کرنے والا

ایک ترمیم کنندہ جس کے معنی کم ہوتے ہیں سوائے اس کے معنی کو تیز کرنے کے جو اس میں ترمیم کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

增强器

除了强化所修饰的含义之外没有什么意义的修饰语

🇯🇵Japanese

増圧器

修飾する意味を強化すること以外にはほとんど意味を持たない修飾語

🇰🇷Korean

강화기

수정하는 의미를 강화하는 것 외에는 거의 의미가 없는 수정자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bộ tăng cường

một từ bổ nghĩa có rất ít ý nghĩa ngoại trừ việc tăng cường ý nghĩa mà nó bổ nghĩa

🇹🇭Thai

เพิ่มความเข้มข้น

ตัวขยายความหมายที่มีความหมายเพียงเล็กน้อย ยกเว้นทำให้ความหมายที่ขยายมากขึ้น

🇵🇭Filipino

pampalakas

isang modifier na may kaunting kahulugan maliban sa pagpapaigting sa kahulugan na binabago nito

🇲🇾Malay

penguat

pengubah suai yang mempunyai sedikit makna kecuali untuk memperhebatkan makna yang diubah suai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مكثف

مُعدِّل ليس له معنى يذكر سوى تكثيف المعنى الذي يعدله

🇮🇷Persian

تشدید کننده

تعدیل کننده ای که معنای کمی دارد جز تشدید معنایی که تعدیل می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

yoğunlaştırıcı

değiştirdiği anlamı yoğunlaştırmak dışında pek bir anlamı olmayan bir değiştirici

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַעֲצֵם

משנה שיש לו מעט משמעות מלבד להעצים את המשמעות שהוא משנה

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The primary meaning of 'intensifier' is 'a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies'.

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