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intensive

[in-ten-siv]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by intensity.

    intensive questioning.

  2. tending to intensify; intensifying.

  3. Medicine/Medical.

    1. increasing in intensity or degree.

    2. instituting treatment to the limit of safety.

  4. 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 (extensive ).

  5. requiring or having a high concentration of a specified quality or element (used in combination).

    Coal mining is a labor-intensive industry.

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



noun

  1. something that intensifies.

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

intensive

/ ɪˈɛԲɪ /

adjective

  1. involving the maximum use of land, time, or some other resource

    intensive agriculture

    an intensive course

  2. (usually in combination) using one factor of production proportionately more than others, as specified

    capital-intensive

    labour-intensive

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

  4. denoting or relating to a grammatical intensifier

  5. 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

  6. of or relating to intension

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an intensifier or intensive pronoun or grammatical construction

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • intensively adverb
  • intensiveness noun
  • unintensive adjective
  • unintensively adverb
  • ˈٱԲԱ noun
  • ˈٱԲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of intensive1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from the Medieval Latin word ԳŧԲīܲ. See intense, -ive
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On the crucial afternoon, he did not examine her in person or send her to intensive care.

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The mother-of-two also lied about having experience in intensive care, A&E medicine and children's palliative care.

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Jack was put on a ventilator and moved into intensive care.

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It’s more active than ever with a newly accredited middle school, a summer intensive program, a tap festival and annual “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” holiday show.

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Examinations in intensive care showed multiple bruises to his face and body, and there was a "range of significant injuries to Ethan's eyes".

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