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intensification

/ɪnˌtɛnsəfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun

The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

Word Origin From Latin tendere 'to stretch' — intense literally means 'stretched tight,' and intensification is the process of stretching something even tighter. The root tendere gives us a whole family: tense (stretched), tension, intend (stretch your mind toward), extend (stretch out), and attention (a stretching of the mind toward something). The PIE root *ten- also gives us thin and tenuous.

noun The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense. countable

The intensification of security measures was necessary after the incident.

(名词) 强化；加剧；增强；加强；深化 【强化过程】

事件发生后，加强安全措施是必要的。

(sustantivo) intensificación; agudización; recrudecimiento; agravamiento; escalada [El acto o proceso de intensificar, o de hacer más intenso.]

La intensificación de las medidas de seguridad fue necesaria después del incidente.

(nom) intensification; renforcement; accentuation; escalade; aggravation [Action de rendre quelque chose plus intense ; fait de devenir plus marqué ou plus fort.]

L'intensification des mesures de sécurité fut nécessaire après l'incident.

(Substantiv) Verstärkung; Steigerung; Intensivierung [der Vorgang oder Prozess, bei dem etwas stärker, ausgeprägter oder konzentrierter wird.]

Die **Intensification** der Sicherheitsmaßnahmen war nach dem Vorfall notwendig.

(名詞) 強化する行為または過程。より intense にすること。

その事件の後、セキュリティ対策の強化が必要だった。

(substantivo) intensificação; reforço; acentuação; agravamento [O ato ou processo de intensificar, ou de tornar mais intenso.]

A intensificação das medidas de segurança foi necessária após o incidente.

Synonyms: escalation increase strengthening amplification enhancement augmentation deepening heightening Antonyms: reduction decrease weakening mitigation
Word parts: in + tens + ific + ation

Common collocations

of prep in prep by prep agricultural adj with prep use subst on prep as prep production subst war subst agriculture subst lead verb

Related words

intensify intense intensely intensity intensive intensively intensiveness tendency tension intend intention intentional extend extension extensive

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