Translation
intense, strong in degree
Word origin
From Latin intensus, the past participle of intendere, 'to stretch out, to strain', from in- plus tendere ('to stretch'). Something intense has been stretched to its limit.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- intensus
- English cognates
- intense, tension, intend, tendon
Examples
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The pain was so intense that he could not sleep.
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After intense work we have to rest.
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The light was too intense for my eyes.
Two warnings. The -ens- in the middle is not an Esperanto suffix: intens- is one root, and there is no verb inti hiding at the front. And keep it apart from intenca ('intentional', from intenco), which differs by a single letter and means something else entirely.
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