Intensifying - English meaning

verb

Increase the volume of (sound), especially using an amplifier.

Usage examples:

The accompanying chords have been amplified in our arrangement

verb

To increase the strength of a sound; make louder

Usage examples:

Electric guitars are amplified through loudspeakers., this study amplifies earlier research., [ u ]…

verb

To make something louder

Usage examples:

Amplified music/guitar

verb

Make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.

Usage examples:

He augmented his summer income by painting houses

noun

A vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in greek and certain other indo-european languages.

verb

To increase the size or value of something by adding something to it

Usage examples:

He would have to find work to augment his income., the region needs to augment its water supply.

verb

Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

Usage examples:

A range of measures to boost tourism

noun

A source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement.

Usage examples:

The cut in interest rates will give a further boost to the economy

verb

To increase or improve something

Usage examples:

The company is looking for ways to boost sales in asia, its biggest market., i tried to boost his m…

verb

Become larger in distance from side to side; widen.

Usage examples:

Her smile broadened

verb

To become wider, or to cause something to be wider

Usage examples:

[ t ] they are broadening the road to speed up the flow of traffic., going to college will broaden …

verb

To increase the range of something

Usage examples:

New rules should help credit unions expand their activities and broaden access to cheaper borrowing…

verb

Focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.

Usage examples:

She couldn't concentrate on the film

noun

A substance made by removing or reducing the diluting agent; a concentrated form of something.

Usage examples:

Apple juice concentrate

verb

To direct your attention or your efforts towards a particular activity, subject, or problem

Usage examples:

Come on, concentrate! we don't have all day to do this., i can't concentrate on my work with all th…

verb

Make or become deep or deeper.

Usage examples:

The crisis deepened

verb

To become more strongly felt or experienced, or to make something this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] over the years, her love for him deepened.

verb

To increase or become more serious; to make something increase or become more serious

Usage examples:

There are fears that the crisis in the pacific region could deepen considerably., some experts say …

verb

Increase rapidly.

Usage examples:

The price of tickets escalated

verb

To make or become greater or more serious

Usage examples:

[ t ] sending in more troops would escalate the war., [ i ] our costs escalated considerably over t…

verb

To become more important or serious, or to make something do this

Usage examples:

A problem/crisis/dispute escalates mediation can be used to settle disputes at an early stage and s…

verb

Become or make larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

Their business expanded into other hotels

verb

Extend in one or more directions

verb

To increase something in size, number, or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the air in the balloon expands when heated., [ t ] they expanded their number of stores signi…

verb

Cause to cover a wider area; make larger.

Usage examples:

The car park has been extended

verb

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

verb

To reach, continue, or stretch

Usage examples:

[ i ] farmland extends for miles in every direction., [ i ] the meeting extended into the late hour…

verb

Make or become more intense.

Usage examples:

The pleasure was heightened by the sense of guilt that accompanied it

verb

To increase, esp. an emotion or effect

Usage examples:

[ i ] as the excitement heightened, the audience began stamping their feet., [ t ] the high winds h…

verb

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

Usage examples:

Car use is increasing at an alarming rate

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

Usage examples:

An increase of 28.3 per cent

verb

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous

verb

Make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope.

Usage examples:

The retinal image will be magnified

verb

To make something look larger than it is, esp. by looking at it through a special piece of glass

Usage examples:

Although your skin looks smooth, when magnified you can see a lot of little bumps and holes., he al…

collocation

Take and lift upward

phrasal verb

Take hold of and lift or move someone or something.

Usage examples:

I reached out and picked up a magazine

phrasal verb

Go somewhere to collect someone, typically in one's car.

Usage examples:

Will you pick the children up from school?

verb

Lift or move to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

She raised both arms above her head

noun

An increase in salary.

Usage examples:

He wants a raise and some perks

verb

Move upwards

verb

Strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material.

Usage examples:

The helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork

Strengthen and support

verb

Make or become sharp or sharper.

Usage examples:

She sharpened her pencil

verb

Make sharp or sharper

verb

To make something stronger, or to improve something

Usage examples:

The dollar’s decline in value sharpened fears of another recession., i’m taking a course that shoul…

verb

Make or become stronger.

Usage examples:

He advises an application of fluoride to strengthen the teeth

verb

To become more effective, or to make something more effective

Usage examples:

[ t ] somehow his illness strengthened their marriage and brought them closer together., [ t ] pare…

verb

To make something more effective or powerful

Usage examples:

A discussion paper aiming to strengthen the eu's competition regime has been circulated amongst com…

verb

Make or become wider.

Usage examples:

We should widen the scope of our investigation

verb

To become farther in distance from one side to the other

Usage examples:

[ i ] after it passes through town, the road widens., [ t ] let’s widen the discussion by listening…