INTENSIVE

intensive

(adjective) characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; “the questioning was intensive”; “intensive care”; “research-intensive”; “a labor-intensive industry”

intensive

(adjective) of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; “intensive agriculture”; “intensive conditions”

intensive

(adjective) tending to give force or emphasis; “an intensive adverb”

intensifier, intensive

(noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; “‘up’ in ‘finished up’ is an intensifier”; “‘honestly’ in ‘I honestly don’t know’ is an intensifier”

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.

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• 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

INTENSIVE

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