What is the meaning of intensive?

noun

  • A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.
    • usage: "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

adjective

  • Characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form.
    • usage: "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry"
  • Tending to give force or emphasis.
    • usage: "an intensive adverb"
  • Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor.
    • usage: "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"
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