intensive

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Synonyms: intentive, incensive, -intensive, intense, extensive, inventive, incessive, intensify, intensity, intrusive, incentive

Antonyms: intentive, incensive, -intensive, intense, extensive, inventive, incessive, intensify, intensity, intrusive, incentive

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Adjective

[[do#Verb|Done]] with [[intensity]] or to a [[great#Adjective|great]] [[degree]]; [[thorough#Adjective|thorough]].
Being [[make#Verb|made]] more [[intense]].
Making something more intense; [[intensify]]ing.
[[involve|Involving]] much [[activity]] in a [[short#Adjective|short]] [[period of time]]; [[highly]] [[concentrated#Adjective|concentrated]].
Of or [[pertain]]ing to [[innate#Adjective|innate]] or [[internal#Adjective|internal]] intensity or [[strength]] rather than [[outward#Adjective|outward]] [[extent#Noun|extent]].
''Chiefly {{glossary|suffix}}ed to a {{glossary|noun}}'': [[use#Verb|using]] something with intensity; [[require|requiring]] a great [[amount#Noun|amount]] of something; [[demanding#Adjective|demanding]].
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A [[thing]] which [[make#Verb|makes]] something more [[intense]]; specifically {{lb|en|linguistics}}, a [[form#Noun|form]] of a [[word#Noun|word]] with a more [[forceful]] or [[strong#Adjective|stronger]] [[sense#Noun|sense]] than the [[root#Noun|root]] on which it is [[build#Verb|built]].
{{lb|en|education}} A [[course#Noun|course]] [[teach#Verb|taught]] [[intensively]], [[involve|involving]] much [[activity]] in a [[short#Adjective|short]] [[period of time]].

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