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{ "term": "intense", "partOfSpeech": "adjective", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "very great; very strong", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We were all suffering in the **intense heat**." }, { "text": "intense cold/pain" }, { "text": "They watched with intense interest." }, { "text": "intense pleasure/desire/anger" }, { "text": "The President is under **intense pressure** to resign." }, { "text": "His business affairs have been under **intense scrutiny**." }, { "text": "He was startled by the intense blue of her eyes." } ], "synonyms": "extreme", "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "serious and often involving a lot of action in a short period of time", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "There is **intense competition** for the top jobs." }, { "text": "It was a period of intense activity." }, { "text": "There has been intense speculation about divisions in the party." }, { "text": "It was a period of intense debate." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "having or showing very strong feelings, opinions or thoughts about somebody/something", "examples": [ { "text": "an intense look" }, { "text": "She's very intense about everything." }, { "text": "He was a softly-spoken, intense man." }, { "text": "She met his intense gaze." }, { "text": "There was an intense relationship between mother and son." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"] } } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtens/", "audio": "in/intense/intense__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtens/", "audio": "in/intense/intense__us_3.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin intensus ‘stretched tightly, strained’, past participle of intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’." }