Definition of "intensive"

intensive

/ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/

adjective
comparative more intensive, superlative most 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.
  1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, page vii
2. Demanding; requiring a great amount of work etc.
3. Highly concentrated.
4. (obsolete) Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
  Quotations
  the intensive distance between the perfection of an Angel and of a Man is but finite
  a. 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677
5. Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
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  intensive circumspection
  1641, Henry Wotton, A Parallel between Robert late Earl of Essex and George late Duke of Buckingham
6. (grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.
7. (medicine) Related to the need to manage life-threatening conditions by means of sophisticated life support and monitoring.
noun
plural intensives
1. (linguistics) A form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
2. A course taught intensively.
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  Beginning in 2014, ETSI embarked on a six-year implementation phase at three monastic universities (Sera, Ganden, and Drepung). This program is composed of summer intensives taught by faculty from Emory and other institutions, […]
  2017, Wendy Hasenkamp, Janna R. White, The Monastery and the Microscope, page 372

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