intensive

[ in-ten-siv ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by intensity:

   intensive questioning.

2. tending to intensify; intensifying.
3. Medicine/Medical.
   1. increasing in intensity or degree.
   2. instituting treatment to the limit of safety.
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 ( 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.

noun

1. something that intensifies.
2. Grammar. an intensive element or formation, as -self in himself, or Latin -tō in iac-tō, “I hurl” from iacō, “I throw.”

intensive

/ ɪnˈtɛnsɪv /

adjective

1. involving the maximum use of land, time, or some other resource

   an intensive course

   intensive agriculture

2. usually in combination using one factor of production proportionately more than others, as specified

   labour-intensive

   capital-intensive

3. agriculture involving or farmed using large amounts of capital or labour to increase production from a particular area Compare extensive
4. denoting or relating to a grammatical intensifier
5. 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
6. of or relating to intension
7. physics of or relating to a local property, measurement, etc, that is independent of the extent of the system Compare extensive

noun

1. an intensifier or intensive pronoun or grammatical construction

Derived Forms

• inˈtensiveness, noun
• inˈtensively, adverb

Other Words From

• in·tensive·ly adverb
• in·tensive·ness noun
• unin·tensive adjective
• unin·tensive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of intensive¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from the Medieval Latin word intēnsīvus. See intense, -ive

Example Sentences

In a 2021 essay, she cited Trump’s “intensive efforts to chip away at the apolitical nature of the American military” as a means of using the armed forces to help him try to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

From Los Angeles Times

This is part of an intensive police and military operation to stop the practice that has severe environmental implications.

From BBC

Another widely-circulated post was written by a person who said their mother was badly injured in the attack and was currently warded in a hospital's intensive care unit.

From BBC

“As time has gone on, we see more of an association with cannabis use in pregnancy and certain birth outcomes in particular, like admission to the neonatal care intensive care unit,” said Dr. Mishka Terplan, an OB-GYN and addiction medicine doctor at the Friends Research Institute.

From Salon

Despite the efforts of emergency teams at the hospital in Antalya she died in the intensive care unit on 6 August, 2023.

From BBC

Related Words

• accelerated
• all-out
• comprehensive
• demanding
• in-depth
• thorough