• (RP) IPA: /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/

intensive

1. Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity.
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     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.
5. Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
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.

• French: intensif, intensifs, intensive, intensives
• Spanish: intensivo

• French: intensif
• German: intensiv
• Russian: интенси́вный
• Spanish: intensivo

• Spanish: intensivo

• Spanish: intensivo

intensive (plural intensives)

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