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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

強まる

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tsuyomaru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Intensifying/ɪnˈtɛn.sɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"強まる嵐に備えて窓を閉めた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Becoming or making something greater, stronger, or more extreme.

    "The intensifying heat made working outdoors increasingly difficult."
As verb
  1. 1

    Present participle of intensify; increasing in force, degree, or severity.

    "The government is intensifying efforts to reduce carbon emissions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English verb 'intensify', a blend of the Latin adjective 'intensus' (stretched, tight, intense) and the suffix '-fy' (from Latin 'facere', to make). Established in the early 19th century, it evolved to describe processes that increase in degree, strength, or magnitude.

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