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(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/
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intensive (comparative more intensive, superlative most intensive)

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.
Demanding; requiring a great amount of work etc.
This job is difficult because it is so labour-intensive.
Highly concentrated.
I took a three-day intensive course in finance.
(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:
  the intensive distance between the perfection of an Angel and of a Man is but finite
Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
- 1641, Henry Wotton, A Parallel between Robert late Earl of Essex and George late Duke of Buckingham:
  intensive circumspection
(grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.
an intensive verb or preposition
(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.

thorough, to a great degree, with intensity

Arabic: مُكَثَّف‎ m (mukaṯṯaf), مُكَثَّفَة‎ f (mukaṯṯafa)
Bulgarian: интензивен (bg) (intenziven)
French: intensif (fr) m, intensifs (fr) m pl, intensive (fr) f, intensives (fr) f pl
Italian: intensivo (it)
Maori: whakaharahara
Norwegian:
Bokmål: intensiv

Nynorsk: intensiv
Spanish: intensivo (es)
Swedish: intensiv (sv)

demanding, requiring a great amount

highly concentrated

characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous

(grammar) serving to give force or emphasis

related to the need to manage life-threatening conditions by means of sophisticated life support and monitoring

intensive (plural intensives)

(linguistics) A form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
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, […]