intensive
of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive questioning.
tending to intensify; intensifying.
Medicine/Medical.
increasing in intensity or degree.
instituting treatment to the limit of safety.
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).
requiring or having a high concentration of a specified quality or element (used in combination): Coal mining is a labor-intensive industry.
Grammar. indicating increased emphasis or force. Certainly is an intensive adverb. Myself in I did it myself is an intensive pronoun.
something that intensifies.
Grammar. an intensive element or formation, as -self in himself, or Latin -tō in iac-tō, “I hurl” from iacō, “I throw.”
Origin of intensive
1Other words from intensive
- in·ten·sive·ly, adverb
- in·ten·sive·ness, noun
- un·in·ten·sive, adjective
- un·in·ten·sive·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with intensive
- intense, intensive
Words Nearby intensive
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How to use intensive in a sentence
Eventually, the idea is to make the surgery about as intensive as a Lasik eye procedure.
Elon Musk is one step closer to connecting a computer to your brain | Rebecca Heilweil | August 28, 2020 | VoxWhen it’s a shoe-intensive outing, I use more of the clamshell space and fewer cubes.
The Matador SEG42 Offers Unrivaled Gear Organization | Graham Averill | August 25, 2020 | Outside OnlineThat includes testing capability, the case rate per 100,000 residents, the percentage of positive tests, hospitalizations, and the amount of intensive care units and ventilators available.
Morning Report: Coronado’s Backlash to the Racism Backlash | Voice of San Diego | August 19, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoAccording to Randolph Kirchain, PhD ’99, principal research scientist in the Materials Research Laboratory, driving on a softer road is energy-intensive in the same way as walking on sand.
Joan LaRovere, MBA ’16, is a pediatric cardiac intensive care physician and a cofounder of the Virtue Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on health care and education.
In fact, he taught the most intensive artillery course in the South and very likely the equal of courses at West Point.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis son, Lennon James Picco—Chris is a massive Beatles fan—was put in intensive care but was never likely to survive.
Cumberbatch Impressions, Dad Sings ‘Blackbird’ to Dying Son, and More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe frequently works with people with multiple intensive needs, like the students at Stephen Knolls School.
Magical Gardens for the Blind, Deaf, and Disabled | Elizabeth Picciuto | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA Carter victory would start intensive “Will Georgia Turn Blue?”
Should the NFL have required intensive ‘intervention’ counseling for Ray Rice rather than cutting off the family completely?
This book is a plea for intensive agriculture, and in view of the great cry, "Back to the land!"
Comrade Kropotkin | Victor RobinsonThe situation still calls for intensive experiments to develop the best methods from the standpoint of both cost and results.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerNo science can make progress without intensive experiments and investigations, least of all a new science like forestry.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerThe maps and field data secured furnish the basis for range improvement and more intensive range management.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerJohn, his son, had turned his back on intensive culture and had gone back to the old family failing of hops.
The Imaginary Marriage | Henry St. John Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for intensive
/ (ɪnˈtɛnsɪv) /
involving the maximum use of land, time, or some other resource: intensive agriculture; an intensive course
(usually in combination) using one factor of production proportionately more than others, as specified: capital-intensive; labour-intensive
agriculture involving or farmed using large amounts of capital or labour to increase production from a particular area: Compare extensive (def. 3)
denoting or relating to a grammatical intensifier
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
of or relating to intension
physics of or relating to a local property, measurement, etc, that is independent of the extent of the system: Compare extensive (def. 4)
an intensifier or intensive pronoun or grammatical construction
Derived forms of intensive
- intensively, adverb
- intensiveness, noun
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