Definition of "intensive" []

• Of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive training. See Usage Note at intense. (adjective)
• Grammar Tending to emphasize or intensify: an intensive adverb. (adjective)
• Possessing or requiring to a high degree. Often used in combination: research-intensive; labor-intensive. (adjective)
• Relating to or being a method especially of land cultivation intended to increase the productivity of a fixed area by means of an increase in capital and labor. (adjective)
• Physics Having the same value for any subdivision of a thermodynamic system: intensive pressure. (adjective)

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• "COOPER: It doesn't specify this agreement jail time, but it places him on what they call intensive probation."
• "Cooper: It doesn't specify, this agreement, jail time, but it places him on what they call intensive probation."
• "And while White House officials say that tangible progress has been made in what they describe as intensive negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians, they gave no specifics, citing a need for confidentiality."