intensification
pronunciation
How to pronounce intensification in British English:
UK [ɪnˌtensɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce intensification in American English:
US [ɪnˌtensɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- action that makes something stronger or more extreme
- the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film)
Word Origin
- intensification (n.)
- 1847, noun of action from intensify.
Example
- 1. Ordinary iraqis of all sectarian stripes dread the intensification of a terrorist campaign by sunni jihadists .
- 2. It sees the judicial election as intensification of the politicised justice already dispensed under mr morales .
- 3. The capital markets have increased their power dramatically with the rise of huge institutional investors and the intensification of shareholder activism .
- 4. It added that the " intensification of financial market turmoil " was " likely to exert additional restraint on spending " .
- 5. But it also reflected nervousness about how a sudden intensification of the debt crisis might affect the ability of france 's three biggest banks to fund themselves on capital markets .