intensive
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(s) 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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(a) tending to give force or emphasis
- an intensive adverb
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(a) of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
- intensive agriculture
- intensive conditions
Nouns
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(n) 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