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intensifier - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'intensifier' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intensifier [ n.]
- One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.

Meaning of 'intensifier' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . intensifier [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Example in sentence:
  • `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier;
  • `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier

Nearby Words:

intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglio intaglius intail intake intaminated

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