Adjective: intensive in'ten-siv
- Characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
"research-intensive"; "a labour-intensive industry"; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"
- Tending to give force or emphasis
"an intensive adverb"
- Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labour
"intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"
- A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
"'up' in 'finished up' is an intensive";
- intensifier
Derived forms: intensives
See also: intense
Antonym: extensive
Encyclopedia: Intensive