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Definition: Intensifier |
IntensifierNoun1. A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "intensifier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1939. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | To increase the intensity of the image. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | Accentue la couleur, en xérographie. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: IntensifierSynonym: intensive (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Intensifier |
| English words defined with "intensifier": all-fired ♦ cursed, curst ♦ jolly ♦ marvellously, marvelously ♦ one ♦ pretty ♦ superbly ♦ terrifically, toppingly ♦ unmitigated ♦ well, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "intensifier": cineradiography ♦ fluoroscopic screen ♦ roentgen cinematography ♦ x-ray movies. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Intensifier" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (escalate, heighten, inspissate, intensify). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Intensifier" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Intensifier" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "intensifier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | усилвател (amplifier, booster), мултипликатор. (various references) | |
Chinese | 增强剂. (various references) | |
Danish | multiplikator (booster, multiplicator, multiplier), forstaerker (rectifier). (various references) | |
Dutch | versterker (amplifier, amplifying device, enhancer, glaze suspending agent, repeater, telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), multiplicator (booster, multiplicator, multiplier). (various references) | |
Finnish | paineen vahvistin. (various references) | |
French | intensifieur, renforcisseur, renforçateur, multiplicateur. (various references) | |
German | verstärker (amplifier, booster, multiplier, repeater). (various references) | |
Greek | πολλαπλασιαστής (multiplier), ενισχυτής (amp, amplifier). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעצם. (various references) | |
Hungarian | erősítő (amplifier, corroborative, refreshing, repeater, restorative). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penguat (reinforcement, something that reinforces, strengthener, tonic). (various references) | |
Italian | rinforzatore (booster), moltiplicatore (multiplier). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | intensifieray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | intensificador (booster). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pojačivač (amplifier). (various references) | |
Spanish | intensificador (enhancer), reforzador (booster, improver), multiplicador (multiplier). (various references) | |
Swedish | multiplikator (multiplier). (various references) | |
Turkish | koyulaştırıcı (thickener), basınçlı hızlandırıcı. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chất tăng cường máy khuếch đại, bộ phận khuếch đại. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "intensifier": intensifiers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "intensifier" (pronounced 'In*ten"si*fi`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-i-i-i-n-n-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: infinites, nitrifies. | |
-3 letters: einstein, feistier, ferities, ferniest, fieriest, fineries, finniest, infester, infinite, intenser, internes, nineties, niteries. | |
-4 letters: entires, entries, finites, finnier, intense, interne, interns, intines, niftier, nifties, niterie, refines, reifies, rennets, retines, sienite, snifter, tenners, tennies, tinners, tinnier, trienes. | |
-5 letters: enserf, enters, entire, estrin, feints, feirie, ferine, fester, finest, finite, freest, frisee, inerts, infers. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-i-i-i-n-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: intensifiers. | |
+2 letters: redefinitions. | |
+3 letters: fictioneerings, indifferentism, indifferentist. | |
+4 letters: indifferentisms, indifferentists, neuroscientific. | |
+5 letters: differentiations. | |
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