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intensive

  • adjective
  • in·tens·ive
  • /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/

Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.

Other meanings

  1. Being made more intense.

  2. Making something more intense; intensifying.

Word history

From Latin "intēnsus" (attentive; eager, intent; intensive).

Where this comes from

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