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 intensively

American authorities have long known al-Bahri; they interrogated him intensively after the 9/11 attacks.

Bin Laden's Death Wish |Eric Pape |April 16, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
This phase of study can scarcely be too intensively followed.

The Economic Aspect of Geology |C. K. Leith
Vineyards, on the other hand, can only be worked "intensively."

Round About the Carpathians |Andrew F. Crosse
In the autumn of 1948, 17 were caught on the ten-acre tract of woodland that was live-trapped most intensively.

Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana |Henry S. Fitch

In cattle, the disease is equally widespread, particularly in those countries where live stock has been intensively developed.

Outlines of dairy bacteriology |H. L. Russell
With Victor Hugo, generally more or less and intensively here, it was unfortunately different.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 |George Saintsbury

British Dictionary definitions for intensively

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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