Significat (Anglès)
- Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
- Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
- Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.
- Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
- (also, figuratively) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.
Sinònims
burning hot
poignant
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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɪnˈtɛns/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Late Middle English intens, intense (“ardent, fervent; extreme, great, intense”), borrowed from Old French intense (modern French intense), or directly from its etymon Latin intēnsus (“strained, stretched tight; intense; attentive; violent; (rare) eager, intent”), the perfect passive participle of intendō (“to stretch out, strain”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + tendō (“to extend, stretch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to extend, stretch”)).
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