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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdɛns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɛns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dens)

Inflections of 'dense' (adj):

denser: adj comparative

densest: adj superlative

dense /dɛns/USA pronunciation adj., dens•er, dens•est.

having parts closely packed together;
crowded:a dense forest.
stupid;
slow-witted.
thick;
intense;
difficult to see through:a very dense fog.
difficult to understand:dense writing.

dense•ly, adv.
dense•ness, n. [uncountable]

dense (dens),USA pronunciation adj., dens•er, dens•est.

having the component parts closely compacted together;
crowded or compact:a dense forest; dense population.
stupid;
slow-witted;
dull.
intense;
extreme:dense ignorance.
Photographyrelatively opaque;
transmitting little light, as a photographic negative, optical glass, or color.
difficult to understand or follow because of being closely packed with ideas or complexities of style:a dense philosophical essay.
Mathematicsof or pertaining to a subset of a topological space in which every neighborhood of every point in the space contains at least one point of the subset.

Latin dēnsus thick; cognate with Greek dasýs
1590–1600

dense′ly, adv.
dense′ness, n.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

dense /dɛns/ adj

thickly crowded or closely set: a dense crowd
thick; impenetrable
having a high density
stupid; dull; obtuse
(of a photographic negative) having many dark or exposed areas

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin densus thick; related to Greek dasus thickly covered with hair or leaves

'dense' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

acacia - aggregate - Angkor - ballast - banksia - barley - beagle - black hole - bottlebrush - box - brake - brownie - brush - bush - Central African Republic - chaparral - close - clover - Cochin - compact - condense - Congo - coppice - crass - crush - cuscus - dasyure - desman - duck-billed platypus - filter tip - fur - gold - gregarious - gross - ground cover - gulfweed - head - heather - honeysuckle - husky - incrassate - jasper - jungle - koala - Labrador retriever - malamute - mangrove - mat - meadowsweet - acervate

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Synonyms: tight, packed, tightly-packed, jam-packed, jammed, more...

Collocations: slang: don't be so dense!, slang: are always so dense!, slang: can't believe I could be so dense!, more...

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