intensive
part of speech
adjective (intensive); adverb intensively
meaning for a pupil
1) Intensive means using a lot of effort or work in a short time: «an intensive course». tree →
2) (medicine) Intensive care is a part of a hospital for very ill people who need constant care and special machines. tree →
3) Intensive farming uses lots of machines, chemicals or animals in a small space to produce more food. tree →
sense 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 →
- Grandpa was in intensive care after his operation. tree →
- Intensive farming produces lots of food from small fields. tree →
- The team had an intensive week of training. tree →
- Doctors in intensive care watch patients day and night. tree →
- Learning French in two weeks was intensive. tree →
- Intensive chicken farms keep many birds indoors. tree →
- The search was intensive but quick. tree →
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).
In the corpora
- She hears «intensive care» and doesn't know what it means.
- Intensive care is a special hospital ward where very poorly or very early babies are watched day and night.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «intensive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.