intensive

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is derived from Late Middle English intensive (“fervent, great, intense”), borrowed from Old French intensif, intensive (modern French intensif) + Middle English -ive (suffix meaning ‘of the nature of, relating to’ forming adjectives), equivalent to intense +‎ -ive. Intensif is from Medieval Latin intēnsīvus, from Latin intēnsus (“attentive; eager, intent; intensive”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘doing; related to doing’); and intēnsus is the perfect passive participle of intendō (“to stretch out, strain”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘to, towards’) + tendō (“to extend, stretch, stretch out”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to extend, stretch”)). Doublet of intend. The noun is derived from the adjective. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/ Rhymes: -ɛnsɪv Hyphenation: in‧tens‧ive === Adjective === intensive (comparative more intensive, superlative most intensive) Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough. Antonyms: unintensive, nonintensive, superficial Being made more intense. Making something more intense; intensifying. (agriculture, economics) Of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land. Antonym: extensive (linguistics) Of a word: serving to give emphasis or force. Synonym: intensative Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated. Of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent. Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding. (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions. (obsolete) That can be intensified; allowing an increase of degree. Synonym of intense (“extreme or very high or strong in degree; of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== extensive === Noun === intensive (plural intensives) A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built. (education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === intensive and extensive properties on Wikipedia.Wikipedia intensive farming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia intensive word form on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “intensive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Veintines == French == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === intensive feminine singular of intensif == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === intensive inflection of intensiv: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Adjective === intensive f pl feminine plural of intensivo === Anagrams === inveniste == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === intensive inflection of intensiv: definite singular plural == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === intensive inflection of intensiv: definite singular plural == Swedish == === Adjective === intensive definite natural masculine singular of intensiv