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# intensifying

«intensifying» in Mova's school dictionary: **Becoming stronger, greater or more extreme: an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, -ing form of «intensify» (intensify, intensifies, intensified, intensifying); adjective (intensifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Becoming stronger, greater or more extreme: an intensifying storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensifying/#m1)

2) Making something stronger: intensifying the colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensifying/#m2)

3) (grammar) An intensifying word (an intensifier) makes another word stronger, like «very», «really», «so», «totally». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensifying/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and weather reports, storms and hurricanes are «intensifying» as winds grow stronger. In news, a conflict or debate may be intensifying. In grammar and writing lessons, intensifiers like «extremely» strengthen adjectives, but overusing them weakens writing. Phrases: an intensifying storm, intensifying heat, intensifying pressure.

### examples

- The hurricane is intensifying as it moves over warm water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensifying/#x1)
- The rain was intensifying, so we ran for shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensifying/#x2)
- Adding more salt kept intensifying the flavour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensifying/#x3)
- «Very» is an intensifying word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensifying/#x4)
- The heat was intensifying through the afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensifying/#x5)
- Competition was intensifying in the final round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensifying/#x6)

### note

Verb «intensify» changes y → i: intensifies, intensified; but keeps y before -ing: intensifying. Noun «intensity»; grammar term «intensifier».

### Trees and pragmatics

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