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Categories: Grammar, Articles with short description, Verb types, Parts of speech

intensifier intensive intensive word form intensive prefix Intensive suffix

A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies WordNet 3.0

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A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In linguistics, an intensifier is a lexical category for a modifier that makes no contribution to the propositional meaning of a clause but serves to enhance and give additional emotional context to the word it modifies. Wikipedia

In grammar, an intensive word form is one which denotes stronger, more forceful, or more concentrated action relative to the root on which the intensive is built. Wikipedia

A way to using additional words to call attention to important words Wikipedia Disambiguation

Linguistic modifier which enhances the word it modifies Wikidata

linguistic modifier which enhances the word it modifies Wikidata

A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term. Wiktionary

Linguistics. Wiktionary (translation)

Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built. Wiktionary

`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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modifier

particle

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