Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity.
Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
Demanding; requiring a great amount of work etc.
This job is difficult because it is so labour-intensive.
(figurative) Considerable in amount.
I have done extensive research on the subject.
Highly concentrated.
I took a three-day intensive course in finance.
Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
(obsolete) Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
(physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
large in spatial extent or range;
an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
extended farm lands
(grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.
an intensive verb or preposition
having broad range or effect;
had extensive press coverage
far-reaching changes in the social structure
sweeping reforms
(medicine) Related to the need to manage life-threatening conditions by means of sophisticated life support and monitoring.
She was moved to the intensive-care unit of the hospital.
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse);
she took copious notes
extensive press coverage
a subject of voluminous legislation
(linguistics) A form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
great in range or scope;
an extended vocabulary
surgeons with extended experience
extensive examples of picture writing
suffered extensive damage
a wide selection
A course taught intensively.
of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor;
producing wheat under extensive conditions
agriculture of the extensive type
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
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
tending to give force or emphasis;
an intensive adverb
of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor;
intensive agriculture
intensive conditions
