intensifies
Sayin-TEN-si-fyz/ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of intensify.
The rivalry intensifies whenever the two teams meet in the playoffs.
Heat from the open fire intensifies the smell of melting plastic.
Note
The present-tense form for a single subject, such as he, she, it or the storm, where the final y of intensify becomes -ies. It works in both of the verb's directions. Something can grow stronger on its own (the rivalry intensifies), or it can make something else stronger (the fire intensifies the smell). When an object follows, the subject is the cause; when none does, the subject itself is gaining force.
intensifies is a form of intensify
intensify, verb: To make something more intense: stronger, sharper, or more concentrated. Full entry
- Forms
- intensifyintensifies he/she/itintensifying -ing formintensified past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- intensify → intensifies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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