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English to English adjective
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tending to give force or emphasis |  | Example: an intensive adverb
source: wordnet30
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of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor | | Example: intensive agriculture
intensive conditions
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Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. | | source: webster1913
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Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; -- opposed to extensive. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form | | Example: the questioning was intensive
intensive care
research-intensive
a labor-intensive industry
source: wordnet30 noun
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a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies | | Example: `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier
source: wordnet30
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That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word. | | source: webster1913
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