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intensiveness

intensiveness

7.2
A high level of effort and concentration in an activity
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈtɛnsɪvnəs/
translation icon : intensidad
  • The 27 bps lower total fee load for industrial funds, on the other hand, is primarily a reflection of the lower management intensiveness of this property type.
  • labor intensiveness

Examples

  • While production processes have shifted from labor intensiveness to capital intensiveness, the importance of labor has not waned.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The time intensiveness and personnel required for reliable technology use is clearly something to consider prior to implementing this type of teacher supervision tool.

    Academic text (1997)
  • However, she points out the intensiveness of the time taken to understand people and then working with people at home means financial savings are not necessarily offset.

    Academic text (2011)
  • While production processes have shifted from labor intensiveness to capital intensiveness, the importance of labor has not waned.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Yet the labor intensiveness of mat weaving and relatively easy entry into the mat trade via family and community networks generated a rather broad spread of economic benefits.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The intensiveness of the training program helped participants achieve their fitness goals faster.

  • The project required an intensiveness of resources rarely seen in small startups.

  • The agricultural technique emphasizes the intensiveness of crop rotations to enhance soil health.

Synonyms

intensity
vsintensiveness
163 3.6

A strong degree of feeling, activity, or effort

focuses on being a state of high degree and concentration
strength
vsintensiveness
  • Specialized
88 2.8

How much effect a medicine, liquid, or signal has

applies to a general state of high degree or concentration, not only materials
intenseness
vsintensiveness
5.6

A strong feeling, force, or attention in something

is about a state involving a high degree or concentration

Antonyms

Lack of deep thought or careful attention

How Intense

severity
11 6.4
intensiveness
7.2
moderation
47 3.5
mildness
1 3.3

Surface Forms

intensiveness singular

Morphology

intensiveness = intensive + intense (transparent) = intense + ive + ness

The noun is formed from the adjective 'intensive' with the clear suffix '-ness', yielding 'the state or quality of being intensive', which is directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

Intensiveness comes from intense, whose old root meant 'to stretch' and which is the same idea behind the common word tension, about things pulled tight. So intensiveness is about how 'strong' or how 'concentrated' something is.