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in⋅ten⋅sive
[in-ten-siv]
–adjective
–noun
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or characterized by intensity: intensive questioning. |
| 2. | tending to intensify; intensifying. |
| 3. | Medicine/Medical.
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| 4. | 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 ). |
| 5. | requiring or having a high concentration of a specified quality or element (used in combination): Coal mining is a labor-intensive industry. |
| 6. | Grammar. indicating increased emphasis or force. Certainly is an intensive adverb. Myself in I did it myself is an intensive pronoun. |
| 7. | something that intensifies. |
| 8. | Grammar. an intensive element or formation, as -self in himself, or Latin -tō in iac-tō, “I hurl” from iacō, “I throw.” |
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Language Translation for : intensive
| Spanish: | intensivo, | German: | intensiv, | Japanese: | 集中的な |
| in·ten·sive
(ĭn-těn'sĭv) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n. Grammar A linguistic element, such as the adverb extremely or awfully, that provides force or emphasis. Also called intensifier. in·ten'sive·ly adv., in·ten'sive·ness n. |
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| intensive | |
adjective | |
| 1. | 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" |
| 2. | tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb" |
| 3. | of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions" [ant: extensive] |
noun | |
| 1. | 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" [syn: intensifier] |
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Intensive
In*ten"sive\, a. [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.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
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Intensive
In*ten"sive\, n. That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
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