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in·ten·sive (in ten′siv)

adjective

  1. increasing or causing to increase in degree or amount
  2. of or characterized by intensity; thorough, profound, and intense; concentrated or exhaustive
  3. designating care of an especially attentive nature given to critically ill hospital patients, typically in a special ward (intensive care unit)
  4. Agric. designating a system of farming which aims at the increase of yield per acre by using increased labor, capital, etc.
  5. Gram. giving force or emphasis; emphasizing “very” in “the very same man” is an intensive adverb

Etymology: ML intensious < L intensus: see intense & -ive

noun

  1. anything that intensifies
  2. an intensive word, prefix, etc.

intensive Related Forms

in·ten′·sively adverb in·ten′·sive·ness noun

intensive Synonyms

intensive

modif.

concentrated, exhaustive, all-out, accelerated; see absolute 1, fast 1, intense.

intensive Usage Examples

Preposition: at

time: Farm work was labor intensive at this time and was mainly carried out using horses.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

become: Monitoring becomes much more labor intensive and difficult in asset classes where there is low liquidity and lower transparency.

Modifies a noun

  • farming: The guiding motto of intensive farming is ' waste nothing, productivity is everything ' .
  • agriculture: The cassava growing region of coastal Kenya is separated from cultivated areas inland by an arid belt which does not support intensive agriculture.
  • care: During the five days he was in intensive care he had numerous seizures.
  • unit: He died in the intensive care unit on 26 January 1998.
  • cultivation: The same applies to species having declined because of intensive soil cultivation or seed cleaning.
  • lobbying: More on the intensive lobbying that preceded the s. .

Modifying Another Word

  • computationally: Maybe we should put all the computationally intensive components under a mountain.
  • graphically: Hummingbird Exceed provides the performance boost necessary for students to remotely access graphically intensive CAD design tools from PCs in their homes.
  • manually: In the absence of such systems, inefficiency creates work and manually intensive work-arounds and rechecks become the norm.
  • fairly: In order to create a view of a 3D computer model some fairly intensive calculations have to be performed.
  • relatively: These areas have generally low biodiversity as a result of relatively intensive management.
  • highly: Undertake High Intensity Workouts The best way to burn fat is to undertake highly intensive aerobic exercise.

Used with adjective complement

  • labor: Because our services are very labor intensive, directly employed staff account for by far the largest portion of budgets.
  • become: How do we sustain our landscapes when agriculture is becoming more intensive?
  • use: Also, parents were interviewed using intensive, interview-based methods of scoring.
  • approve: Despite the use of the word 'Freedom ' , the scheme approves intensive, factory farm conditions.
  • undertake: Applicants who don't have TOEFL or IELTS can undertake intensive Pre-course English Language at College.

Preposition: in

term: These are also very resource intensive in terms of maintenance and raise issues about sustainability.