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What (who) is intense - definition

ALBUM BY ARMIN VAN BUUREN

intense

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Intense is used to describe something that is very great or extreme in strength or degree.

He was sweating from the intense heat...

His threats become more intense, agitated, and frequent.

ADJ

• intensely

The fast-food business is intensely competitive.

ADV

• intensity (intensities)

The attack was anticipated but its intensity came as a shock.

N-VAR: usu with poss

2.

If you describe an activity as intense, you mean that it is very serious and concentrated, and often involves doing a great deal in a short time.

The battle for third place was intense...

ADJ

3.

If you describe the way someone looks at you as intense, you mean that they look at you very directly and seem to know what you are thinking or feeling.

I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze...

= piercing

ADJ

• intensely

He sipped his drink, staring intensely at me.

ADV: ADV with v

4.

If you describe a person as intense, you mean that they appear to concentrate very hard on everything that they do, and they feel and show their emotions in a very extreme way.

I know he's an intense player, but he does enjoy what he's doing...

ADJ

• intensity

His intensity and the ferocity of his feelings alarmed me.

N-UNCOUNT

intense

a.

1.

Close, strict, intent, severe, strained, stretched.

2.

Extreme, very great, of high or great degree.

3.

Forcible, energetic, vigorous, powerful.

4.

Ardent, vehement, earnest.

intense

¦ adjective (intenser, intensest)

1. of extreme force, degree, or strength: intense concentration.

2. extremely earnest or serious: an intense young woman.

Derivatives

intensely adverb

intenseness noun

Origin

ME: from OFr., or from L. intensus 'stretched tightly, strained', past participle of intendere (see intend).

Usage

Intense and intensive are similar in meaning, but they differ in emphasis. Intense tends to relate to subjective or emotional responses while intensive tends to relate to objective descriptions. Thus, an intensive course simply describes a course that is designed to cover a great deal in a short time. On the other hand, in the course was intense, intense describes how someone felt about the course.

Wikipedia

Intense

Intense is the fifth studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It was released on 3 May 2013 by Armada Music.

The first song announced to be on the album is "Waiting for the Night", featuring the singer Fiora, which was released on 21 January 2013 as the theme song to the Dutch film Loving Ibiza (Verliefd op Ibiza). The second song announced to be on the album is "Forever is Ours", featuring the singer Emma Hewitt. The third song and first official single to be released is "This Is What It Feels Like", featuring the Canadian singer and songwriter Trevor Guthrie, was released on 5 April 2013. The accompanying music video, featuring Ron Jeremy, was released on 17 March 2013.

The album was first released exclusively on Spotify on 29 April 2013, followed by its official release on digital and physical media on 3 May 2013. An extended version of the album, called Intense (The More Intense Edition), was released on 12 November 2013. This album contains remixes from musicians such as John Ewbank, Andrew Rayel, W&W, Cosmic Gate, Tritonal, Ummet Ozcan and Ørjan Nilsen, along with radio edits, music videos, as well as two new songs from Armin van Buuren: "Save My Night" and "Don't Want to Fight Love Away" featuring Cindy Alma.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intense

Examples of use of intense

1. Past controversies, Penn said, "were intense and were overcome in 2000 and now they‘re not intense.

2. An intense physical pleasure prolonged for as much as five minutes becomes as intense a pain.

3. Intense pressure Mr Abbas has been under intense Israeli and Western pressure to try to halt such rocket attacks.

4. Intense scrutiny Germany has had alleged Ansar al–Islam activists under intense scrutiny for about 18 months.

5. Intense thunderstorms were expected in New England.