intensivein‧ten‧sive /ɪnˈtensɪv/ ●●○ AWL adjective 
a one-week intensive course in English a day of intensive negotiations2intensive farming/agriculture farming which produces a lot of food from a small area of land3 energy-intensive/knowledge-intensive etc involving or needing a lot of energy, knowledge etc: a knowledge-intensive industry → capital-intensive, labour-intensive—intensively adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- intensive diplomatic efforts to gain a cease-fire
- After a brief period of intensive training, I was allowed to make my first parachute jump.
- Before moving to Paris, Michael went on an intensive course to improve his French.
- The program includes intensive instruction in English.
Longman Language Activatora course of study that you do quickly
· The college offers a rapid programme of training for librarians.· Rapid learning: Learn to speak a new language in 12 weeks!
an intensive course of study is one in which you are taught a lot in a short time: · Before moving to Paris, Michael went on an intensive course to improve his French.· After a brief period of intensive training, I was allowed to make my first parachute jump.
a course of study in which you learn a particular skill in a very short time in order to prepare yourself for a job: crash course in: · We offer crash courses in word processing.crash course: · Students lacking math and science skills take a seven-week crash course during the summer.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The man is in the hospital’s intensive care unit.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
(=for people who are very seriously ill)· He needed intensive care for several weeks.
(=in which you learn a lot in a short time)· An intensive course in Russian is provided for those who do not already know the language.
The man is in the hospital’s intensive care unit.· The concepts of purpose, relevancy and reasonableness can be used in an intensive or less intensive fashion.· And some may choose to participate in less intensive forms of school-to-work.· In other less intensive areas there might be a direct effect.· Students' work-related experiences are much less intensive than in an apprenticeship program.· As a result, though the training may have been less intensive, it was probably more realistic.· Knowing whether the nodes are malignant, they say, allows them to offer less intensive chemotherapy to women with negative nodes.
· The stream will also be useful as a preliminary to degree work of a more intensive and independent kind.· Hospitals are being squeezed to provide more intensive care at less cost.· Studies using this method are more intensive and less extensive since they encompass more of the nuances specific to each country.· In this way also farming is becoming more intensive.· But back on the marshes and fens, who was really to profit from this continual process of ever more intensive cultivation?· This summer the bombing was more intensive than ever in all the rebel areas, according to what Jean-Pierre heard from the guerrillas.· This increased as agriculture grew more intensive, and as the number of livestock and the application of fertilizer has been increased.· This protocol differed from previous protocols, in that more intensive systemic antimetabolite therapy was given before and during radiotherapy.
· Parachuting, however, was only a small part of a most intensive programme.· The most intensive studies on the field have been made on populations of three species of Ranunculus and on Trifolium repens.· We drove through one of the most intensive areas of banana cultivation on the way back.· The most intensive theoretical development began during the 1940s.
· The larger or very intensive farmers had generally used training to prepare themselves and their men much better than the smaller units.· Major events, not surprisingly, have very intensive volunteer efforts.
NOUN· Also of concern is not only the cost but the amount of fossil energy subsidy required for intensive agriculture.· About 90 percent of wildflower-rich meadows have disappeared since the Second World War due to intensive agriculture and drainage.· We now realise the importance of hedgerows, of small fields, of clean rivers and of less intensive agriculture.· The corncrake and marsh fritillary have been the victims of intensive agriculture as ploughing and pesticides destroy habitat and insects.· The increasing adoption of less intensive agriculture should further encourage a hare recovery.· Powys was an area of intensive agriculture, predominantly sheep breeding.· Farming More intensive agriculture has led to increased concentrations of nitrate in groundwater in many areas.· But on many streams which mink have colonised, particularly those close to intensive agriculture, fish are no longer abundant.
· Mrs Carrington takes up the account from the time when her husband was admitted to the intensive care unit.· He is in stable condition in the intensive care unit at Kaiser Medical Center in Vallejo.· We have had public reports of a mortally ill little girl being unable to gain treatment in a paediatric intensive care unit.· He was put on a life support machine in intensive care.· However, Lee survived but spent 16 days in the intensive care unit and a month in hospital.· This is not reported in the available literature on intensive care and may be a unique finding.· The baby subsequently died in intensive care.· These are the decision to enter, the actual admission, the move to more intensive care, and death.
· It's an intensive course, highly satisfying, and it works very well.· Enroll in a one-week intensive course in scientific remote viewing taught by a qualified teacher.· Before the transplant Rhys will face an intensive course of chemotherapy.· Which is why I am studying very hard, taking an intensive course with other students younger than my son, Charles.· Short intensive courses in the above languages are available in S6.· General practitioners have also found intensive courses in diabetes helpful in keeping them up to date and improving their clinical skills.· Due to popular demand, levels one to three of the original Fast Forward have been split, producing six short intensive courses.
· They said they didn't have strong views on intensive farming.· Our increase in intensive farming has brought with it an increase in outbreaks of food poisoning.· Yet it was clear that intensive farming was not possible on the poor Pomeranian soil.· The current landscape of the site is bleak, suffering from the effects of intensive farming.· In addition to spray drift, intensive farming has a destructive effect on the surrounding fauna and flora.· A countryside under intensive farming which depends on leisure and service industries is a cosmetic, lifeless countryside.· As in other parts of the continent, land in the Pantanal is under pressure from intensive farming.
· E coli is a by-product of intensive livestock practices.· It is absolutely true that many forms of modern, intensive livestock production are extremely inefficient.· Farmers may even switch their pattern of production in order to minimize the risks - from arable to intensive livestock farming, for example.
· Once Shamir had rejected this invitation, Peres entered into intensive negotiations in an attempt to achieve a majority.· The two leaders had been doing most of the talking, thinking, and worrying over two long days of intensive negotiations.· The eight-point accord followed 18 months of UN-sponsored peace talks, ending in 10 days of intensive negotiation in New York.· The important breakthrough came late on Oct. 24 following a day of intensive negotiations.
· Parachuting, however, was only a small part of a most intensive programme.· His parents believe the intensive programme of treatment the clinic offers may open the door on a new life.· An intensive programme of temporary exhibitions has also been organised by the Centro Reina Sofía for 1992.· They did so before and after the individuals involved had been on an intensive programme designed to improve their reading.· The Oxfordshire scheme aims to provide a 6-month intensive programme.· The results are now being followed up with an intensive programme for new technical literature an an advertising campaign.
· Human sensitivity to such fields is a subject of intensive research today.· After five years of intensive research, Schwarzkopf have developed Igora Botanic.· Accordingly, they have been the subject of intensive research and fierce controversy.· The report is the first of its kind and is the result of eighteen months of wide-ranging and intensive research and debate.
· The intensive study of demographic records through the technique of family reconstitution has dispelled many myths.· The 1979 decision was taken after two years of intensive study.· These procedures will also make the database available for the more intensive study of local communities.· The most intensive studies on the field have been made on populations of three species of Ranunculus and on Trifolium repens.· But even after six months of intensive study many other problems remain.· It might seem a daunting task, but in recent years climatologists have begun an intensive study of temperature changes on Earth.· This investigation takes a single case of such innovation and subjects it to intensive study.· The research is an intensive study of one hospital.
· It was at this stage that the intensive training in navigation paid off.· Voice over Police motorcyclists have to undergo an intensive training course.· Most successful governing bodies send their entry away for at least ten days' intensive training prior to a world event.· It had gone remarkably well; his intensive training had paid off handsomely.· Pilots need years of intensive training in order to master them.· The identification of the sub-tasks which are appropriate for intensive training with feedback is achieved by task analysis.
· The couple are still undergoing intensive treatment for injuries caused by the attempt on their lives.· These problems demand intensive treatment - moisturising and nourishing but at the same time non-oily.· For one year he had intensive treatment, with the physiotherapist and speech therapist attending his home three times a week.· One woman died despite intensive treatment and none had been exposed to radiation or other factors known to cause the disease.
· The intensive use of capital for highly automated products leads to a reduction in the importance of manpower.· We are also looking at how we might make more intensive use of many co-products from our plants.
· By being able to hand a printer finished artwork the cost of several stages of labour intensive work can be virtually eliminated.· In treatment, he was guided through intensive work for his shoulder girdle to release the spasticity.· We had five days of intensive work, much talk and discussion and the most beautiful summer weather.· Andrews' ballet designs, created over eight months of intensive work, were much praised when premiered in Birmingham in June.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► energy-intensive/knowledge-intensive etc
1involving a lot of activity, effort, or careful attention in a short period of time: - About 90 percent of wildflower-rich meadows have disappeared since the Second World War due to intensive agriculture and drainage.
- Also of concern is not only the cost but the amount of fossil energy subsidy required for intensive agriculture.
- Our increase in intensive farming has brought with it an increase in outbreaks of food poisoning.
- The corncrake and marsh fritillary have been the victims of intensive agriculture as ploughing and pesticides destroy habitat and insects.
- The increasing adoption of less intensive agriculture should further encourage a hare recovery.
- They said they didn't have strong views on intensive farming.
- They were replaced by cities dependent on intensive farming to feed them and on great armies to defend them.
- We now realise the importance of hedgerows, of small fields, of clean rivers and of less intensive agriculture.
a one-week intensive course in English a day of intensive negotiations2intensive farming/agriculture farming which produces a lot of food from a small area of land3 energy-intensive/knowledge-intensive etc involving or needing a lot of energy, knowledge etc: a knowledge-intensive industry → capital-intensive, labour-intensive—intensively adverb