{
    "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’."
}