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# intense

«intense» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very strong or extreme, as in intense heat, intense pain…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (intense, more intense, most intense)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very strong or extreme, as in intense heat, intense pain or intense colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#m1)

2) Having or showing very strong feelings, or being very serious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#m2)

3) Needing great effort, as in «intense training». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science: intense heat, intense light, intense storms. In stories: an intense look, an intense moment shows strong feeling or tension. In sport: intense training. It describes strength, not size.

### examples

- The intense heat made the road melt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#x1)
- Don't look at intense light like the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#x2)
- The final minutes of the game were intense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#x3)
- She gave me an intense stare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#x4)
- The training was intense, so we were tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#x5)
- The red paint was an intense colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#x6)
- He is very intense about his football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#x7)
- When Demeter became conscious of her loss her grief was intense, and she refused to be comforted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/#x8)

### note

Adverb: intensely. Noun: intensity. Verb: intensify. Do not confuse with «intents» (as in «to all intents and purposes») or «tense». Informal: «That was intense!» = exciting or stressful.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intense» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intense/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.