intensive
Collocations
4(adj.)
VERBS
be
ADV
highly, very
The training program was very intensive, requiring students to study for eight hours every day.
increasingly
PHRASES
labour intensive
Building a large website requires a labour intensive process of coding and testing.
Definitions
adj
Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
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.
Being made more intense.
Making something more intense; intensifying.
Making something more intense; intensifying.
an intensive verb or preposition
Ariſtophanes deriueth it [the word asp] from Alpha, an intenſiue Particle, and Spizo vvhich ſignifieth to extend; either by reaſon of his ſharpe-ſhrill hiſſing, or for the length of his body.
Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated.
I took a three-day intensive course in finance.
noun
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.
A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
Beginning in 2014, ETSI [the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative] 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, year-round study led by on-site instructors, translation and production of bilingual textbooks and instructional videos, and further curriculum refinement.
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Synonyms
noun — a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the m
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Example Bank
6Secondly, 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.
Wiktionaryan intensive verb or preposition
WiktionaryAriſtophanes deriueth it [the word asp] from Alpha, an intenſiue Particle, and Spizo vvhich ſignifieth to extend; either by reaſon of his ſharpe-ſhrill hiſſing, or for the length of his body.
WiktionaryBeginning in 2014, ETSI [the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative] embarked on a six-year implementation phase at three monastic universities (Sera, Ganden, and Drepung). This program is composed of summer
WiktionaryThe intensive course did wonders for my French.
Tatoeba · #266456Extensive reading is as important as intensive reading.
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