Definitions for INTENSIVE
ɪnˈtɛn sɪvin·ten·sive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. intensifier, intensiveadjective

   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"

2. intensiveadjective

   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"

3. intensiveadjective

   tending to give force or emphasis

   "an intensive adverb"

4. intensiveadjective

   of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor

   "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. intensivenoun

   Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.

2. intensiveadjective

   Thorough, to a great degree, with intensity.

   She was moved to the intensive care unit of the hospital.

3. intensiveadjective

   Demanding, requiring a great amount.

   This job is difficult because it is so labour-intensive.

4. intensiveadjective

   Highly concentrated.

   I took a 3-day intensive course in finance.

5. Etymology: Existing since, borrowed via, from intensivus, from intendere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Intensiveadjective

   Etymology: from intense.

   1. Stretched or increased with respect to itself.

   As his perfection is infinitely greater than the perfection of a man, so it is infinitely greater than the perfection of an angel; and were it not infinitely greater than the perfection of an angel, it could not be infinitely greater than the perfection of a man, because the intensive distance between the perfection of an angel and of a man is but finite. Matthew Hale.

   2. Intent; full of care.

   Tired with that assiduous attendance and intensive circumspection, which a long fortune did require, he was not unwilling to bestow upon another some part of the pains. Henry Wotton.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. intensive

   In grammar, an intensive word form is one which denotes stronger, more forceful, or more concentrated action relative to the root on which the intensive is built. Intensives are usually lexical formations, but there may be a regular process for forming intensives from a root. Intensive formations, for example, existed in Proto-Indo-European, and in many of the Semitic languages.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Intensiveadjective

   stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified

2. Intensiveadjective

   characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense

3. Intensiveadjective

   serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition

4. Intensivenoun

   that which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word

5. Etymology: [Cf. F. intensif. See Intense.]

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'INTENSIVE' in Adjectives Frequency: #665

How to pronounce INTENSIVE?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of INTENSIVE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of INTENSIVE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of INTENSIVE in a Sentence

1. Zhang Dawei:

   The main reason for price expectations to have turned more bearish is the intensive policy tightening in the past two months.

2. Rahuldeb Sarkar:

   The mortality amongst the intensive care population is being estimated as 50 to 60 %.

3. William Melahn:

   What is historical is we currently have more critical patients than beds. So, we're in a temporary overflow intensive care unit, over half of our inpatient care right now is dedicated to Covid, so that's our situation.

4. Michael Feroli:

   This is indicating that firms aren't yet reducing labor input at the intensive margin.

5. William Schaffner:

   But we do think that being attacked by two viruses, particularly if you are less than five years of age, it’s been clearly demonstrated by this study, it does tend to make your illness more severe, more likely to be prolonged in the hospital, more likely to be in the pediatric intensive care unit, and so clearly, having your lungs and your throat and your body – generally your immune system – attacked by two viruses simultaneously, understandably might make some young children more severely ill.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=INTENSIVE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Intensive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=INTENSIVE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/INTENSIVE