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intensifier

DEFINITIONS OF: intensifier

1

n a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

“`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier”
“`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier”
Synonyms:
intensive
Type of:
modifier, qualifier
a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
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