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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’."
}