INTENSIVE

intensive

(adjective) characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; ā€œthe questioning was intensiveā€; ā€œintensive careā€; ā€œresearch-intensiveā€; ā€œa labor-intensive industryā€

intensive

(adjective) of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; ā€œintensive agricultureā€; ā€œintensive conditionsā€

intensive

(adjective) tending to give force or emphasis; ā€œan intensive adverbā€

intensifier, intensive

(noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; ā€œā€˜upā€™ in ā€˜finished upā€™ is an intensifierā€; ā€œā€˜honestlyā€™ in ā€˜I honestly donā€™t 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



RESET




Word of the Day

26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


Do you know this game?

Wordscapes

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins