intensive
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French intensif, from Medieval Latin intensivus, from Latin intensus, from intendere; related to intend.
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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.
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thorough, to a great degree, with intensity
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demanding, requiring a great amount
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highly concentrated
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(grammar) serving to give force or emphasis
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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, […]
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- “intensive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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