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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/
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• rhymes with -ɛnsɪv
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T EH1 N S IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is derived from Late Middle English intensive (“fervent, great, intense”), borrowed from Old French intensif, intensive (modern French intensif) + Middle English -ive (suffix meaning ‘of the nature of, relating to’ forming adjectives), equivalent to intense + -ive. Intensif is from Medieval Latin intēnsīvus, from Latin intēnsus (“attentive; eager, intent; intensive”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘doing; related to doing’); and intēnsus is the perfect passive participle of intendō (“to stretch out, strain”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘to, towards’) + tendō (“to extend, stretch, stretch out”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to extend, stretch”)). Doublet of intend. The noun is derived from the adjective.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُكَثَّف (mukaṯṯaf) — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Arabic: مُكَثَّفَة (mukaṯṯafa) — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Bulgarian: интензивен (intenziven) — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Finnish: voimakas — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Finnish: kiihkeä — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Finnish: tehokas — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• French: intensif — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• French: intensifs — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• French: intensive — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• French: intensives — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Italian: intensivo — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Māori: whakaharahara — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Norwegian Bokmål: intensiv — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Norwegian Nynorsk: intensiv — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Spanish: intensivo — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Swedish: intensiv — done with intensity or to a great degree — see also thorough
• Finnish: kiihkeä — being made more intense
• Finnish: teho- — of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land
• Finnish: korostava — of a word: serving to give emphasis or force
• Greek: επιτατικός (epitatikós) — of a word: serving to give emphasis or force
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιτατικός (epitatikós) — of a word: serving to give emphasis or force
• Arabic: مُكَثَّف (mukaṯṯaf) — involving much activity in a short period of time — see also concentrated
• Arabic: مُكَثَّفَة (mukaṯṯafa) — involving much activity in a short period of time — see also concentrated
• Azerbaijani: gərgin — involving much activity in a short period of time — see also concentrated
• Finnish: keskittynyt — involving much activity in a short period of time — see also concentrated
• Italian: concentrato — involving much activity in a short period of time — see also concentrated
• Spanish: intensivo — involving much activity in a short period of time — see also concentrated
• Finnish: sisältäpäin kumpuava — of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent
• Bulgarian: напрегнат (napregnat) — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Catalan: intensiu — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 集約 /集约 (jíyuē) — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 強烈 /强烈 (qiángliè) — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Finnish: intensiivinen — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Finnish: vaativa — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• French: intensif — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• German: intensiv — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Italian: impegnativo — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Māori: whakaharahara — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Norwegian Bokmål: intensiv — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Norwegian Nynorsk: intensiv — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Russian: интенси́вный (intensívnyj) — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Spanish: intensivo — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Turkish: yoğun — using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something — see also demanding
• Bulgarian: интензивен (intenziven) — of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions
• Finnish: teho- — of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions
• Italian: intensivo — of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions
• Spanish: intensivo — of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions
• Finnish: vahvistaja — thing which makes something more intense
• Finnish: intensiivimuoto — form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built
• Finnish: intensiivikurssi — course taught intensively