different between intensifier vs already

English

Etymology

intensify +? -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective.

Noun

intensifier (plural intensifiers)

1. That which intensifies.
2. (linguistics) A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term.

   Synonym: expletive

   Antonym: downtoner

3. (photography) A chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.

Translations

See also

• Category:English intensifiers

References

• Intensifier at SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms
• Intensifier at Oxford online dictionary

French

Etymology

intense +? -ifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.si.fje/

Verb

intensifier

1. to intensify

Conjugation

Related terms

• intense
• intensif
• intensification
• intensité

Further reading

• “intensifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Finistérien, finistérien, résinifient

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l???di/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l???di/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?l???di/
• Hyphenation: al?read?y

Etymology 1

From Middle English alredy, alredi, equivalent to al- +? ready. Compare Dutch alreeds (“already”), Afrikaans alreeds (“already”), Middle Low German alreide, alreids (“already”), Danish allerede (“already”), Swedish allaredan (“already”), Norwegian Nynorsk allereie (“already”). More at all, ready.

Adverb

already (not comparable)

1. Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

   I was surprised that she hadn’t already told me the news.

   Much of what he said I knew already.

   • It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant.
2. So soon.

Usage notes

Already may be used with the present perfect (I have already done that), the past perfect (I had already done it by then), the future perfect (When you arrive, the business will already have been completed) or the simple future (When you arrive, the business will already be complete)."Already" and "all ready" do not mean the same thing. The two-word term can be used to mean "fully prepared".

Translations

Descendants

• ? Gulf Arabic: ?????? (orr?di)

See also

• yet

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Yiddish ????? (shoyn).

Adverb

already (not comparable)

1. (US) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.

Anagrams

• adlayer