Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
INTENSIVE
intensive
(adjective) characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; āthe questioning was intensiveā; āintensive careā; āresearch-intensiveā; āa labor-intensive industryā
intensive
(adjective) of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; āintensive agricultureā; āintensive conditionsā
intensive
(adjective) tending to give force or emphasis; āan intensive adverbā
intensifier, intensive
(noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; āāupā in āfinished upā is an intensifierā; āāhonestlyā in āI honestly donāt knowā is an intensifierā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
intensive (comparative more intensive, superlative most intensive)
Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity.
Demanding; requiring a great amount of work etc.
Highly concentrated.
(obsolete) Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
(grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.
(medicine) Related to the need to manage life-threatening conditions by means of sophisticated life support and monitoring.
Noun
intensive (plural intensives)
(linguistics) Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
Anagrams
• Veintines
Source: Wiktionary
In*ten"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intensif. See Intense.]
1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. Sir M. Hale.
2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
3. (Gram.)
Definition: Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
In*ten"sive, n.
Definition: That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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