Intensive
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English
Adjective
Intensive (comparative more Intensive, superlative most Intensive)
- Thorough, to a great degree, with intensity.
- Demanding, requiring a great amount.
- Highly concentrated.
Noun
Intensive (plural Intensives)- (linguistics) Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
Thesaurus
ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, wholesale, absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, born, broad-based, clean, clear, comprehensive, concentrated, congenital, consummate, deep, deep-dyed, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, exhaustive, hard, intense, intensified, omnibus, omnipresent, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pervasive, plain, plumb, profound, pure, radical, regular, sheer, straight, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total,
Etymology
Existing since Middle English, borrowed via French from Medieval Latin intensivus, from intendere.
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Adjective
Italian
Adjective
intensive pl.
- feminine form of intensivo
