in·ten·sive ( n-t n sv)adj.1. Of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive training. See Usage Note at intense. 2. Grammar Tending to emphasize or intensify: an intensive adverb. 3. Possessing or requiring to a high degree. Often used in combination: research-intensive; labor-intensive. 4. Relating to or being a method especially of land cultivation intended to increase the productivity of a fixed area by means of an increase in capital and labor. 5. Physics Having the same value for any subdivision of a thermodynamic system: intensive pressure. n. Grammar A linguistic element, such as the adverb extremely or awfully, that provides force or emphasis. Also called intensifier.
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intensive Adjective 1. of or needing concentrated effort or resources: intensive training 2. using one specified factor more than others: labour-intensive 3. Agriculture designed to increase production from a particular area: intensive farming 4. Grammar of a word giving emphasis, for example, very in the very same intensively advintensiveness nUSAGE: See at intense.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | intensive - 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"well - (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully; "a book well worth reading"; "was well aware of the difficulties ahead"; "suspected only too well what might be going on" all-fired, bloody, damn - extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?" mighty, powerful, mightily, right - (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" in truth, really, truly - in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book" downright - thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest" literally - (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War" most - very; "a most welcome relief" so - to a very great extent or degree; "the idea is so obvious"; "never been so happy"; "I love you so"; "my head aches so!" such - to so extreme a degree; "he is such a baby"; "Such rich people!" positively - extremely; "it was positively monumental" ever so, ever - (intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so friendly" simply, just - absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" candidly, frankly, honestly - (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" | | Adj. | 1. | intensive - 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"intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" | | 2. | intensive - tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb" | | 3. | intensive - of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"extensive - of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type" |
intensive adjective concentrated, thorough, exhaustive, full, demanding, detailed, complete, serious, concerted, intense, comprehensive, vigorous, all-out, in-depth, strenuous, painstaking, all-embracing, assiduous, thoroughgoing see see, intense  Translations
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