INTENSIVE

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : intensifier

• (adj.) of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor

  "intensive agriculture", "intensive conditions"

• (adj.) tending to give force or emphasis

  "an intensive adverb"

• (adj.) 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"

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