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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun intensive has 1 sense
- intensive(n = noun.communication) intensifier - 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" is a kind of modifier, qualifier
Adjective intensive has 3 senses
- intensive(s = adj.all) Array - 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" Derived form noun intensiveness1
- intensive(a = adj.pert) Array - tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb"
- intensive(a = adj.all) Array - of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions" Antonym: extensive
Derived form noun intensiveness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
intensive, a. [Cf. F. intensif. See Intense.].
- Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition. [1913 Webster]
- Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; -- opposed to
extensive . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
intensive, n.
That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
intensive, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 thorough, vigorous; directed to a single point, area, or subject (intensive study; intensive bombardment).
2 of or relating to intensity as opp. to extent; producing intensity.
3 serving to increase production in relation to costs (intensive farming methods).
4 (usu. in comb.) Econ. making much use of (a labour-intensive industry).
5 Gram. (of an adjective, adverb, etc.) expressing intensity; giving force, as really in my feet are really cold.
--n. Gram. an intensive adjective, adverb, etc.
--adj.
1 thorough, vigorous; directed to a single point, area, or subject (intensive study; intensive bombardment).
2 of or relating to intensity as opp. to extent; producing intensity.
3 serving to increase production in relation to costs (intensive farming methods).
4 (usu. in comb.) Econ. making much use of (a labour-intensive industry).
5 Gram. (of an adjective, adverb, etc.) expressing intensity; giving force, as really in my feet are really cold.
--n. Gram. an intensive adjective, adverb, etc.
Idiom
intensive care medical treatment with constant monitoring etc. of a dangerously ill patient (also (with hyphen) attrib.: intensive-care unit).
Derivative
intensively adv. intensiveness n.
Etymology
F intensif -ive or med.L intensivus (as INTEND)
THESAURUS
intensive
absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, born, broad-based, clean, clear, comprehensive, concentrated, congenital, consummate, deep, deep-dyed, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, exhaustive, hard, intense, intensified, omnibus, omnipresent, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pervasive, plain, plumb, profound, pure, radical, regular, sheer, straight, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, wholesale
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