English-Italian translations for intensive

Definition of intensive

• Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity
• Demanding; requiring a great amount of work etc
• Highly concentrated
• Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified
• Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous
• Serving to give force or emphasis
• Related to the need to manage life-threatening conditions by means of sophisticated life support and monitoring
• Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built

Examples

• This job is difficult because it is so labour-intensive.
• I took a three-day intensive course in finance.
• an intensive verb or preposition
• She was moved to the intensive-care unit of the hospital.

Related words

• intensively
• labor-intensive
• capital-intensive
• intensive care unit
• intensive care
• intensive therapy
• intensive treatment
• intensive course
• intensive pig farming