intensive

Borrowed from Middle French intensif, from Medieval Latin intensivus, from Latin intensus, from intendere; related to intend.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

intensive (comparative more intensive, superlative most intensive)

1. Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:

     Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.

2. Demanding; requiring a great amount of work etc.

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

3. Highly concentrated.

   I took a three-day intensive course in finance.

4. (obsolete) Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
   • a. 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, OCLC 42005461:

     the intensive distance between the perfection of an Angel and of a Man is but finite

5. Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
   • 1641, Henry Wotton, A Parallel between Robert late Earl of Essex and George late Duke of Buckingham:

     intensive circumspection

6. (grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.

   an intensive verb or preposition

7. (medicine) Related to the need to manage life-threatening conditions by means of sophisticated life support and monitoring.

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

• extensive

intensive (plural intensives)

1. (linguistics) A form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
2. A course taught intensively.
   • 2017, Wendy Hasenkamp, ‎Janna R. White, The Monastery and the Microscope (page 372)

     Beginning in 2014, ETSI embarked on a six-year implementation phase at three monastic universities (Sera, Ganden, and Drepung). This program is composed of summer intensives taught by faculty from Emory and other institutions, […]

• intensive at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Veintines

• Audio

  (file)

intensive

1. feminine singular of intensif

• Audio

  (file)

intensive

1. inflection of intensiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

intensive f pl

1. feminine plural of intensivo

• inveniste

intensive

1. inflection of intensiv:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

intensive

1. inflection of intensiv:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

intensive

1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of intensiv.