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Definitions for Intensive
[1] of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive questioning.
[2] tending to intensify; intensifying.
[3] Medicine/Medical . increasing in intensity or degree. 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 (opposed to 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.
[7] something that intensifies.
[8] Grammar . an intensive element or formation, as -self in himself, or Latin -tō in iac-tō, “I hurl” from iacō, “I throw.”
[9] involving the maximum use of land, time, or some other resource intensive agriculture ; an intensive course
[10] (usually in combination) using one factor of production proportionately more than others, as specified capital-intensive ; labour-intensive
[11] agriculture involving or farmed using large amounts of capital or labour to increase production from a particular area Compare extensive (def. 3)
[12] denoting or relating to a grammatical intensifier
[13] 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
[14] of or relating to intension
[15] physics of or relating to a local property, measurement, etc, that is independent of the extent of the system Compare extensive (def. 4)
[16] an intensifier or intensive pronoun or grammatical construction
Words related to Intensive
comprehensive, in-depth, demanding, thorough, all-out, radical, deep, fast, complete, concentrated, hard, out-and-out, profound, severe, thoroughgoing
Words nearby Intensive
intension, intensional, intensional object, intensitometer, intensity, intensive, intensive care, intensive care unit, intent, intention, intention movement
Origin of Intensive
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word intēnsīvus. See intense, -ive
Words that may be confused with Intensive
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
Synonyms for Intensive
accelerated, all-out, comprehensive, demanding, in-depth, thorough, deep, fast, radical, complete, concentrated, hard, out-and-out, profound, severe, speeded-up, thoroughgoing