intensive

C1 · Advanced Economics Academic

adj. needing a large amount of a specific resource, like money or workers.

adj. requiring a high input of a specific factor or resource relative to other factors; typically used in hyphenated compounds.

“Fruit picking is a labor-intensive job because it must be done by hand.”

“The transition to a green economy requires a shift away from carbon-intensive industries toward sustainable manufacturing processes.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Medicine

adj. related to the part of a hospital for people who are very seriously ill.

adj. pertaining to the continuous and extremely close monitoring of patients with life-threatening conditions.

“He was moved to the intensive care unit after his heart surgery.”

“The patient remained in intensive care for three days while the medical team monitored her respiratory function.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Linguistics Technical

n. a word or part of a word that makes another word stronger.

n. a linguistic form, such as a prefix or suffix, that serves to increase the force or degree of the root word.

“In some languages, repeating a word acts as an intensive to show more power.”

“The scholar argued that the prefix in this specific dialect functions as an intensive rather than a simple directional marker.”