Intensive

Definition: Intensive

Intensive

Adjective

1. Characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry".

2. Tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb".

3. Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions".

Noun

1. A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "intensive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonym: Intensive

Crosswords: Intensive

Just the two of you. In intensive care (American Gothic; writing credit: Mariana Reyes; Doris Seguí)

And put her in intensive care (Goodbye Earl; performing artist: Dixie Chicks)

Intensive Care (1974)

A Parent's Guide to the Intensive Care Nursery (1988)

Intensive Care (1982)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Intensive Care Equipment in Belgium: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Intensive Care (Maison Ikkoku, Volume 7) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Anaesthesia & Intensive Care (reference)

• Anaesthesia And Intensive Care Medicine (reference)

• Intensive & Critical Care Nursing (reference)

• Intensive Agriculture (reference)

• Intensive Care Monitor (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bryan Kest - Power Yoga, Intensive Body Sculpting (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Beautiful Class Music from Ballet Intensive from Moscow (reference)

• Intensive Care (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A physician examines an infant in the intensive care unit (ICU), accompanied by the child's foster mother and various other medical staff. There are 3 different angles. See artwork: NCI-40. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

There are 8 images of doctors examining an infant in the intensive care unit (ICU). The images vary from the main group alone with a curtain pulled to the curtain open with other staff in the background. See artwork: NCI-40. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Volunteers haul away Brazilian Pepper brush. This part of the restoration is extremely labor intensive. The brush must be cut by hand, chipped and then burned. The pepper brush must be burned before the berries turn red or the seeds will be distributed and begin new growth. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Intensive grazing pasture system in Muscatine County. Cattle are left on this pasture for only a short time, and are rotated to numerous pastures in the same manner. Credit: Lynn Betts.

A Missouri rancher moves cattle and sheep from one paddock to another. Intensive rotational grazing systems like this keep pastures more productive. Credit: Charlie Rahm.

Old barrel is used as the water supply in an intensive grazing operation in eastern Iowa. The barrel can be moved as cattle are moved. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Cattle on an intensive grazing system in eastern Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Contrast of grass in an intensive grazing system sepearating livestock with electric fence. This farm rotated cattle on a 3 week rotation. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

DC Rhonda Foster and Grasslands management Specialist Ralph Harris disucss intensive grazing rotations at a farm in Benton County, Georgia. The producer grazes his cattle on a 3 week rotation. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

NRRCS personnel evaluating EKG range monitoring system on an intensive grazing system in Oklahoma. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Thus, it has been the focus of intensive research. (references)

More intensive interventions (e.g., more sessions) boost efficacy. (references)

The earlier the patient is brought in to intensive care, the better. (references)

Business

Labor intensive farming is still the major farming method. (references)

Such products need intensive after-sale service and technology support. (references)

Construction of two intensive care units at Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro, Karachi. (references)

Children

Kiribati

The central hospital in Tarawa provides basic medical services, but not intensive care facilities. (references)

Hungary

The Government contests the claims of human rights organizations and states that the Romani schools are designed to provide intensive help for disadvantaged children. (references)

Bahamas

Both the Government and civic organizations have conducted intensive public education programs aimed at the problem of child abuse and appropriate parenting behavior; however, child abuse and neglect remain serious problems. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

During Glotov's interrogation, he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, placed in intensive care, and treated for a weak heart condition. (references)

Niger

In June the university reopened with intensive classes and exams through October; as a result, the 2001-2002 academic year did not begin until December. (references)

China

Those who refused to recant their beliefs after weeks of intensive anti-FLG instruction reportedly were sent to reeducation-through-labor camps, where in some cases, beatings and torture were used to force them to recant their beliefs; some of the most active FLG practitioners were sent directly to reeducation-through-labor camps. (references)

Economic History

Bulgaria

Price competition is becoming more intensive. (references)

Bahrain

The center also has a maternity ward and an intensive care unit. (references)

Lebanon

Wages are relatively low, and many businesses tend to be labor intensive. (references)

Human Rights

Macedonia

Saiti was admitted to a local hospital's intensive care unit for treatment. (references)

Korea

The authorities subject citizens of all age groups and occupations to intensive political and ideological indoctrination. (references)

Zimbabwe

During the year, the Chief Justice was coerced into retiring early, and a number of High Court judges resigned or retired early after being subjected to intensive government pressure and intimidation. (references)

Minorities

China

Graduates of these schools typically need 1 year or more of intensive Chinese before they can cope with course work at a Chinese-language university. (references)

Political Economy

Turkmenistan

It is largely a desert with cattle and sheep raising, intensive agriculture in irrigated areas, and huge oil and gas reserves. (references)

TAIWAN

Rising labor and land costs have long led many manufacturers in labor intensive industries to move offshore, mainly to Southeast Asia and mainland China. (references)

Political Rights

Liechtenstein

On August 15, in his National Day Address, Prince Hans-Adam II announced that after months of intensive negotiations a compromise in the debate on constitutional reform had been reached. (references)

Swaziland

There was no formal international observer presence during the 1998 elections, but there was intensive coverage by local and foreign media, and resident diplomats were granted accreditation to observe the proceedings freely. (references)

Trade

Senegal

The Dakar Industrial Free Trade Zone (ZFID) was established in 1974 to encourage foreign investors to set up intensive export-oriented companies. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

Note: A government hospital with a good intensive care unit. (references)

Egypt

Emergency and intensive care facilities are limited outside Cairo. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

It has a 24-hour emergency room, a five-bed intensive care unit, CT scanner, and five sterile operating suites. (references)

Women

Somalia

While U.N. agencies and NGO's have made intensive efforts to educate persons about the danger of FGM, no reliable statistics are available on the success of their programs. (references)

Worker Rights

Suriname

The union exempted nurses in critical departments, such as intensive care, from the action. (references)

Indonesia

Before a strike legally may occur in the private sector, the law requires intensive mediation by the Department of Manpower and prior notice of the intent to strike; however, no approval is required. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "intensive": intensive care ♦ intensive care medicine ♦ intensive care unit ♦ Intensive Care Units ♦ intensive course ♦ intensive diary ♦ intensive energetic ♦ intensive forestry ♦ intensive magnitudes ♦ intensive sampling ♦ intensive study ♦ intensive veal calf ♦ Knowledge INtensive Generator ♦ labor intensive ♦ labour intensive ♦ mobile intensive care unit ♦ neonatal intensive care unit. Additional references.

Beginning with "intensive": intensive-care.

Ending with "intensive": capital-intensive, compute-intensive, cpu-intensive, energy-intensive, hardware-intensive, non-intensive, research-intensive, software-intensive, staff-intensive, technology-intensive.

Afrikaans

intens (acute, intense). (various references)

Albanian

intensiv (accelerated), i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كثيف (bushy, concentrated, dense, heavy, intense, thick, thickish, thickset, tufty, turbid), ‏مشدد (aggravating, emphatic), ‏قوي (able bodied, acute, athletic, brawny, burly, forceful, forcible, full-bodied, furious, generous, hardy, hearty, heavy duty, husky, incorrodible, intense, keen, lively, lusty, manly, mighty, muscular, pithy, potent, powered, powerful, precious, pronounced, reliable, robust, rude, sledge hammer, spanking, staunch, stern, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, telling, tight, tough, trig, vehement, vigorous, violent, virtuous, vivid, youthful), ‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏تكثيفي, ‏شديد (acute, biting, boisterous, brusque, cordial, crass, dense, excruciating, extreme, forte, intense, keen, lusty, rigorous, shrill, stern, strong, telling, tempestuous, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent). (various references)

Bulgarian 

емфатичен (emphatic), интензивен (acute, intense, keen). (various references)

Chinese 

密集 (Dense). (various references)

Czech

intenzivní (concentrated, exquisite, high pressure, intense, violent, vivid). (various references)

Danish

intensive størrelser (enumerable quantities, homograde quantities, intensive magnitudes), intensiv behanding (intensive care), intensiv behandling (intensive therapy, intensive treatment), intensiv brydning (intensive mining), intensiv fodring (heavy feeding, high feeding, intensive feeding), intensiv graesning (intensive grazing, intensive pasture), intensiv kemoterapi (intensive chemotherapy), intensiv opdraetning (intensive rearing), intensiv stikprøveudvælgelse (intensive sampling), intensivafdeling (intensive care unit, intensive therapy unit, intensive-care ward station), intensivpleje (intensive care), intensivt husdyrbrug (intensive animal husbandry), intensivt kursus (accelerated course, crash course, intensive course, rapid course), intensivt landbrug uden fast omdrift (intensive farming system without definite rotation), intensivt skovbrug (intensive forestry), intensiv undervisning (intensive study), tællelige mængder (enumerable quantities, homograde quantities, intensive magnitudes), agerbrug med fri vekseldrift (intensive farming system without definite rotation), kuvøse til intensiv terapi (intensive-care incubator), overvågning af intensivbehandling (intensive care monitoring), staerkt trafikeret sejlloeb (intensive circulation traffic, much frequented fairway), sygeplejerske ved intensiv afdeling (intensive care nurse), arbejdsintensiv (labour intensive, labour-intensive). (various references)

Dutch

sterk (acute, concentrated, firm, intense, robust, strong, strongly, sturdy, vigorous), intensief (acute, intense), intens (acute, intense), fel (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, intense, lurid, sharp). (various references)

Esperanto

intensa (intense). (various references)

Faeroese

sterkur (acute, firm, intense, robust, strong, sturdy, vigorous). (various references)

Farsi 

پرقوت , مفرط (Boisterous, Excessive, Extravagant, Extreme, Inordinate), متمرکز, مشتاقانه (Intense), تند (Caustic, Discourteous, Fast, Glassy, Harsh, Hasty, Headlong, Heady, Hot, Inflammable, Keen, Paregoric, Peppery, Presto, Pungent, Quick, Racy, Rapid, Rash, Slush, Sour, Spicy, Tart, Transient, Violent, Virulent, Wrench, Yare), شدید (Boisterous, Chronic, Diametrical, Drastic, Exquisite, Grievous, Hard, Inclement, Intense, Keen, Rigorous, Rugged, Severe, Sopping, Stalwart, Strenuous, Tough, Vehement, Vigorous, Violent). (various references)

Finnish

voimaperäinen (intense), voimakas (acute, forcible, intense, mighty, powerful, strong, substantial, vigorous). (various references)

French

intense (intense). (various references)

German

intensiv (acute, acutely, intense, intensely, intensively, intent, powerful, strong). (various references)

Greek 

εντατικόσ (strenuous), εντατικός (intense), επιτακτικός (imperious, mandatory). (various references)

Hebrew 

מרוכז ויסו�"י, אי� ט� סיבי (intense), חזק (cast iron, firm, forceful, forcible, forte, hard, intense, mighty, potent, powerful, stiff, strong, tough). (various references)

Hungarian

feszült (absorbed, drawn, earnest, strained, strung, tense, uptight), alapos (accurate, basic, deep, drastic, exhaustive, extensive, painstaking, profound, substantial, thorough, thoroughgoing), átfogó (all round, all-in, broad, comprehensive, expansive, extensive, hypotenuse, large, overall, panorama, roundabout). (various references)

Indonesian

intensif. (various references)

Italian

intensivo (acute). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

集約的 , 集約 (collect, summarize), インダス文明 (egghead, inch, India paper, Indian, Indian jewellry, Indian summer, Indiana, Indianapolis 500-mile race, Induscivilization, integer, integrate, integrated, integration, Intel, intellectual, intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence test, intelligent, intelligent building, intelligent city, intelligent terminal, intelligentsia, Intelsat, intensity, intentional, interactive, interior, interior adviser, interior coordinator, interior craft, interior design, interior designer, interline leads, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, Inturist, pornographic videos). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅうやくてき, しゅうやく (collect, summarize), インテンシブ . (various references)

Korean 

집중 (Concentrating, Convergence, Convergency). (various references)

Manx

trean (brave, doughty, firm, formidable, heavy, heroic, stark, stout, valiant, valorous), jeean (ardent, businesslike, diligent, eager, earnest, fervent, intense, keen, sudden, vehement, zealous). (various references)

Papiamen

intenso (acute, intense). (various references)

Pig Latin

intensiveay.(various references)

Portuguese

intensivo (acute, intense). (various references)

Romanian

intensiv (ascensive), intens (arduous, cut throat, deep, exquisite, heavy, high, intense, intensely, keen, powerful, saturated, severe, strenuous, strong, violent), puternic (acute, ardent, authoritative, biting, catchy, drastic, exquisite, fierce, flush, forceful, forcible, forcibly, great, hard, heavily, heavy, high, important, intense, intensely, leonine, loud, lusty, marrowy, mighty, muscular, nervous, nervy, pithy, potent, powerful, pronounced, resistant, robust, rough, rude, searching, severe, sinewy, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, tough, towering, vigorous, violent, virulent), încordat (concentrated, feverishly, hard, intent, parlous, strained, strenuous, strenuously, tense). (various references)

Russian 

усилительный, интенсивный (intense, keen, violent). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

intenzivan (intense). (various references)

Spanish

violento (abrupt, acute, blustering, boisterous, forced, harsh, intense, raging, rude, savage, severe, sharp, towering, ugly, violent, wild), intenso (acute, breathless, deep, heavy, intense, powerful, severe, sharp, strong, vivid). (various references)

Swedish

intensiva, intensiv (exquisite, high pitched, hot, intense, keen, mortal, vivid), koncentrerad (concentrated, intent), förstärkande ord. (various references)

Turkish

yoğun (busy, compact, concentrated, crash, dense, gross, hectic, intense, peasoupy, rich, rush hour, stiff, thick, turbid), pekiştirmeli, şiddetli (acute, astringent, bitter, brutal, burning, cast iron, consuming, deep, drastic, exquisite, extreme, ferocious, flaming, flash, forceful, frenetic, frenzied, fulminant, furious, gusty, hard, harsh, heavy, high, hot, impetuous, intemperate, intense, ironclad, keen, profound, rigorous, round, severe, sharp, slashing, sledgehammer, smacking, smart, smashing, spanking, splitting, stand up, stern, stinging, stormy, strenuous, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, torrential, vehement, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent). (various references)

Ukrainian

інтенсивний (bad, intense, saturate, saturated), глибокий (abstruse, abysmal, cordial, deep, deep rooted, deep-drawn, deep-seated, dense, profound). (various references)

Vietnamese 

mạnh (hard, intense, marrowy, mighty, rough, smart, telling, thundering), có cường độ lớn l� m mạnh mẽ. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "intensive": intensively, intensiveness, intensivenesses, intensives. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Intensive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inensive, intemsive, intensine. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: einstein, invitees, nineties, veiniest.

-2 letters: intense, intines, invents, invitee, invites, sienite, tennies, tensive, venines, viniest.

-3 letters: envies, events, evites, intine, invent, invest, invite, nieves, seniti, sennet, sennit, tennis, venine, venins.

-4 letters: evens, event, evite, inset, intis, ivies, neist, nenes, neves, nieve, nines, nisei, nites, seine, sente, senti, seven, sieve, stein, teens, tense, tines, veins.

+1 letter: incentives, intensives.

+2 letters: insensitive, intensively, inventories, reinvesting.

+3 letters: disincentive, incentivizes, nonsensitive, punitiveness, reinventions.

+4 letters: denominatives, disincentives, disinvestment, inconsecutive, insensitively, intensiveness, interinvolves, interventions, intrusiveness, intuitiveness, invectiveness, inveiglements, inventiveness, inviolateness, overinsistent, overintensity, plaintiveness, sensitiveness, veterinarians.

+5 letters: connectivities, definitiveness, diminutiveness, disinvestments, inadvertencies, inevitableness, innovativeness, nonderivatives, nondescriptive, nonrestrictive, punitivenesses, reinnervations, transitiveness, vindictiveness.