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.
noun
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
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from the Medieval Latin word intēnsīvus. See intense, -ive
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In fact, he taught the most intensive artillery course in the South and very likely the equal of courses at West Point.
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His son, Lennon James Picco—Chris is a massive Beatles fan—was put in intensive care but was never likely to survive.
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She was even moved from intensive care to her own private room.
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Intensive livestock farming basically means housing animals in artificial cities.
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Those allegations remain to be examined and there are intensive discussions on options for doing that.
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It had been a tough year, filled with intensive study in the quest for an officer's commission in the Solar Guard.
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We are engaged in intensive malaria eradication projects in many parts of the world.
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Of course, before long, intensive culture would be within the reach of all.
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All of these schools give short, intensive courses ranging from three to eighteen months in length.
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British Dictionary definitions for intensive
intensive
/ (ɪnˈtɛnsɪv) /
adjective
involving the maximum use of land, time, or some other resourceintensive agriculture; an intensive course
(usually in combination)using one factor of production proportionately more than others, as specifiedcapital-intensive; labour-intensive
agricultureinvolving or farmed using large amounts of capital or labour to increase production from a particular areaCompare 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
physicsof or relating to a local property, measurement, etc, that is independent of the extent of the systemCompare extensive (def. 4)
noun
an intensifier or intensive pronoun or grammatical construction