intensive

[ in-ten-siv ]

/ ɪnˈtɛn sɪv /

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adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive questioning.

tending to intensify; intensifying.

Medicine/Medical.

increasing in intensity or degree.
instituting treatment to the limit of safety.

noting or pertaining to a system of agriculture involving the cultivation of limited areas, and relying on the maximum use of labor and expenditures to raise the crop yield per unit area (opposed to extensive).

requiring or having a high concentration of a specified quality or element (used in combination): Coal mining is a labor-intensive industry.

Grammar. indicating increased emphasis or force. Certainly is an intensive adverb. Myself in I did it myself is an intensive pronoun.

noun

something that intensifies.

Grammar. an intensive element or formation, as -self in himself, or Latin -tō in iac-tō, “I hurl” from iacō, “I throw.”

Origin of intensive

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word intēnsīvus. See intense, -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM intensive

in·ten·sive·ly, adverb in·ten·sive·ness, noun un·in·ten·sive, adjective un·in·ten·sive·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH intensive

intense intensive intents

Words nearby intensive

intension, intensional, intensional object, intensitometer, intensity, intensive, intensive care, intensive care unit, intent, intention, intention movement

Example sentences from the Web for intensive

In fact, he taught the most intensive artillery course in the South and very likely the equal of courses at West Point.

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His son, Lennon James Picco—Chris is a massive Beatles fan—was put in intensive care but was never likely to survive.

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She was even moved from intensive care to her own private room.

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Intensive livestock farming basically means housing animals in artificial cities.

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Those allegations remain to be examined and there are intensive discussions on options for doing that.

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It had been a tough year, filled with intensive study in the quest for an officer's commission in the Solar Guard.

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We are engaged in intensive malaria eradication projects in many parts of the world.

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Of course, before long, intensive culture would be within the reach of all.

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All of these schools give short, intensive courses ranging from three to eighteen months in length.

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Once more there is intensive progress only, so far at least as most of the Jersey evidence goes.

Progress and History |Various

British Dictionary definitions for intensive

intensive

/ (ɪnˈtɛnsɪv) /

adjective

involving the maximum use of land, time, or some other resource intensive agriculture; an intensive course

(usually in combination) using one factor of production proportionately more than others, as specified capital-intensive; labour-intensive

agriculture involving or farmed using large amounts of capital or labour to increase production from a particular area Compare extensive (def. 3)

denoting or relating to a grammatical intensifier

denoting or belonging to a class of pronouns used to emphasize a noun or personal pronoun, such as himself in the sentence John himself did it. In English, intensive pronouns are identical in form with reflexive pronouns

of or relating to intension

physics of or relating to a local property, measurement, etc, that is independent of the extent of the system Compare extensive (def. 4)

noun

an intensifier or intensive pronoun or grammatical construction

Derived forms of intensive

intensively, adverb intensiveness, noun

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