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# intensive

adjective (intensive); adverb intensively

«intensive» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Intensive means using a lot of effort or work in a short time: «an intensive course». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#m1)
2. (medicine) Intensive care is a part of a hospital for very ill people who need constant care and special machines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#m2)
3. Intensive farming uses lots of machines, chemicals or animals in a small space to produce more food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health lessons and news «intensive care» (ICU) is a serious hospital ward. In geography lessons intensive farming is compared with extensive farming. Phrases: «intensive care», «intensive course», «intensive farming».

### Examples

- She took an intensive swimming course in the holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#x1)
- Grandpa was in intensive care after his operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#x2)
- Intensive farming produces lots of food from small fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#x3)
- The team had an intensive week of training. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#x4)
- Doctors in intensive care watch patients day and night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#x5)
- Learning French in two weeks was intensive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#x6)
- Intensive chicken farms keep many birds indoors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#x7)
- The search was intensive but quick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/#x8)

### Note

Do not confuse with «intense», which means very strong or extreme (intense heat). «Intensive» describes lots of concentrated work. Intensive care is also called ICU or ITU (UK).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «intensive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«intensive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/intensive.html) on Mova free.