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adjective
- 1. closely compacted in substance: "as the storm cleared, a dense fog came down" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a person) stupid: informal "Am I being dense? I don't quite understand" Similar Opposite
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close together and difficult to go or see through; thick: dense fog. I had trouble getting through the dense crowd.
The meaning of DENSE is marked by compactness or crowding together of parts. How to use dense in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dense.
close together and difficult to go or see through; thick: dense fog. I had trouble getting through the dense crowd.
1. thickly crowded or closely set: a dense crowd. 2. thick; impenetrable: a dense fog. 3. (General Physics) physics having a high density. 4. stupid; dull; obtuse. 5.
Definition of dense adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dense definition: having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact. See examples of DENSE used in a sentence.
If you say that someone is dense, you mean that you think they are stupid and that they take a long time to understand simple things. [ informal ] He's not a bad man, just a bit dense.
When fog is dense, you can't see through it. And if someone calls you dense, they think nothing can get into your thick skull. Dense comes from the Latin densus which means thick and cloudy. In general, the word means packed tight and gives the sense that something is difficult to get through.
DENSE meaning: 1. with a lot of people or things close together: 2. If cloud, smoke, etc is dense, it is thick…. Learn more.
1. Something that is dense contains a lot of things or people in a small area. [...] 2. Dense fog or smoke is difficult to see through because it is very heavy and dark. [...] 3. In science, a dense substance is very heavy in relation to its volume. [technical] [...] More. Synonyms of 'dense' • thick, close, heavy [...]
