intensive
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4.3
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/
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intensivo
- She enrolled in an intensive language course to improve her speaking skills quickly.
- labor-intensive
- intensive care
- intensive care unit
You see a profoundly resource intensive set of planetary networks.
- You see a profoundly resource intensive set of planetary networks.
- I mean this, it's a huge capital intensive industry which involves.
- And so it's a very long intensive process.
- Now, it's not as time intensive as it seems.
- This subsidizes the capital intensive installation of these technologies.
- Within this extensive countryside there's a network of small, intensive urban centres.
- It is just by design A labor intensive show.
- And now we have intensive talks with John Kerry, sort of going back and forth.
- The second most used substance on the planet is concrete and it's carbon intensive, right?
- There's more capital intensive type repairs.
Examples
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Finally, progress monitoring data are time and resource intensive to collect within research conditions.
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The 3-week field experience was intensive and crucial to her development as a world citizen.
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Both of those things are very, very time intensive and not friendly with sleep.
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Now, it's not as time intensive as it seems.
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I actually have a very intensive interview process.
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The switching process is a very energy intensive process for us.
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However, the success of professional development activities also depends on intensive and sustained efforts over time.
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Thus, future early intervention efforts must include more intensive strategies directed at social skills and interactions.
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Here we will impress upon him our three cornerstones to success: Intensive study, physical exercise, and, of course, discipline.
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Acceleration, enrichment, and other support services become more intensive based on the student's response to instruction.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
221
2.1
Hard to do or understand
34
4.9
Needing a lot of effort or energy
1
6.9
Needing a lot of physical or mental work
Needing a lot of time, effort, or attention
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
50
3.0
A hospital unit where very ill people get constant monitoring and treatment
- Specialized
18
3.1
A hospital area where very sick patients get constant care and monitoring
- Specialized
2
4.7
A hospital area where very small or sick newborns get constant medical care
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intensive comes from a Latin root tendere meaning 'to stretch', and you can see the same idea in the familiar word tension. So imagine putting a lot of effort or resources tightly into a small time or place—an intensive process needs a great deal of work or care in a short time or small area.