intensive
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
intensive/ɪnˈtensɪv/
▶adjective
- 1 very thorough or vigorous.
- 2 (of agriculture) aiming to achieve maximum production within a limited area. Often contrasted with extensive.
- 3 [in combination] concentrating on or making much use of something: computer-intensive methods.
- 4 Grammar giving force or emphasis.
- 5 denoting a property measured in terms of intensity rather than extent.
– derivatives
intensively adverb,
intensiveness noun.
intensively adverb,
intensiveness noun.
usage: On the difference between intensive and intense, see usage at intense.
'intensive' also found in these Oxford entries:
battery
- behemoth
- blitz
- capital-intensive
- command
- commence
- commend
- commination
- complain
- complete
- compurgation
- concern
- condemn
- conflagration
- consecrate
- conspicuous
- contemn
- corrode
- corrugate
- dissever
- drill
- enhance
- est
- extensive
- heat
- hype
- ICU
- impassion
- inquisition
- intense
- intensive care
- intersession
- ITU
- labour-intensive
- rapprochement
- re-
- recite
- recommend
- reconcile
- redoubtable
- refrain
- regale
- regard
- relax
- relieve
- relinquish
- rely
- remain
- remonstrate
