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How to pronounce “intense”
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- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of intense with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Step Into Your Journey with Peloton
I get very intense and very competitive.
- Definition summary
- Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
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How to pronounce intense
Step Into Your Journey with Peloton

I get very intense and very competitive.
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Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
- Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
- Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.
- Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
- (also figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.
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