{
    "term": "intensify",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "intensify",
            "heSheIt": "intensifies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "intensified",
        "pastParticiple": "intensified",
        "ingForm": "intensifying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to increase in degree or strength; to make something increase in degree or strength",
            "sensetop": "intensify something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Violence intensified during the night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fighting in the area has intensified sharply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The opposition leader has intensified his attacks on the government.",
                    "contextForm": "intensify something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The reforms served only to intensify the misery of the poorer peasants."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "dramatically", "rapidly"],
                "verb + intensify": ["seem to", "tend to", "be likely to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "in/intensify/intensify__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "in/intensify/intensifies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "in/intensify/intensified__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/intensify/intensifying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "in/intensify/intensify__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "in/intensify/intensifies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "in/intensify/intensified__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/intensify/intensifying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: coined by Coleridge."
}