Intensive

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or characterized by intensity.
  • adjective. Tending to emphasize or intensify.
  • adjective. Possessing or requiring to a high degree. Often used in combination.
  • adjective. Relating to or being a method especially of land cultivation intended to increase the productivity of a fixed area by means of an increase in capital and labor.
  • adjective. Having the same value for any subdivision of a thermodynamic system.
  • noun. A linguistic element, such as the adverb extremely or awfully, that provides force or emphasis.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In agriculture, concentrated (cultivation): designating high culture, or the principle of a small area well tilled, the purpose being to secure the most from every acre of land by means of the application of labor and fertilizers and the most thorough tillage. Compare extensive, 5.
  • In pathology, noting the treatment of disease by very large or frequently repeated doses, or by remedies of greatly increased strength or activity.
  • Pertaining or referable to intensity or degree; increasing in intensity or degree; making or becoming intense; intensifying.
  • Intense.
  • Intent; unremitted; assiduous.
  • In grammar, expressing intensity or a high degree of action or quality; serving to give force or emphasis: as, an intensive particle or prefix.
  • Logical comprehension or depth; the sum of the characters predicable of a term; the sum of consequences from a given fact.
  • noun. Something serving to express intensity, or to give force or emphasis; specifically, in grammar, an intensive particle, word, or phrase.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
  • adjective. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.
  • adjective. Serving to give force or emphasis.
  • adjective. Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; -- opposed to extensive.
  • noun. That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Thorough, to a great degree, with intensity.
  • adjective. Demanding, requiring a great amount.
  • adjective. Highly concentrated.
  • noun. Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
  • adjective. tending to give force or emphasis
  • adjective. of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
  • adjective. characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
  • Word Usage
    "COOPER: It doesn't specify this agreement jail time, but it places him on what they call intensive probation."
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    extensive  
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    intense  
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