Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 11 compound words that contain intensive. The most common are listed below. Open intensive in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- intensive careThe support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.
- intensive care unitA part of a hospital into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored.
- labor-intensiveRequiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.
- capital-intensiveNeeding a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.
- intensive care unitsplural of intensive care unit: A part of a hospital into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored.
- intensive farmingAn industrial approach to farming, characterized by a low fallow ratio and high use of inputs such as capital, labour, agrochemicals and water to extract higher crop yields per unit land area.
- labour-intensiveBritish standard spelling of labor-intensive.
- intensive propertyA property of a material that does not depend on the amount or shape of the material, a property of the material at a specific point in space
- carbon-intensiveDescribing any process that has a high carbon footprint in relation to its economic importance
- energy-intensiveSynonym of power-hungry: Having a strong desire for power.
- intensive agricultureSynonym of intensive farming: An industrial approach to farming, characterized by a low fallow ratio and high use of inputs such as capital, labour, agrochemicals and water to extract higher crop yields per unit land area.
- intensive propertiesplural of intensive property: A property of a material that does not depend on the amount or shape of the material, a property of the material at a specific point in space
- work-intensiveFocusing on, requiring, or exacting a great deal of work or effort; worksome; labour-intensive.
- intensive animal farmingSynonym of factory farming: A type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry, designed to maximize production while minimizing costs.
- intensive pronounsplural of intensive pronoun: A pronoun used to emphasize some other nominal element in its clause:
- intensive pronounA pronoun used to emphasize some other nominal element in its clause:
- intensive therapyIntensive care.
- intensive treatmentIntensive care.
- power-intensiveSynonym of power-hungry: Having a strong desire for power.
- time-intensiveSynonym of time-consuming: Using significant amounts of time, especially in an unwanted and sometimes unwarranted manner.
- for all intensive purposesEggcorn of for all intents and purposes.
- intensive pluralSynonym of superplural: A term, word, etc., that describes a plurality greater than another plural.
- plural intensiveSynonym of plural of excellence: In certain Semitic languages, a plural noun that is used as the name of a single person.
Compound words 11
- intensivistOf or pertaining to intensive care.
- biointensivePertaining to sustainable methods of maximizing yields while increasing biodiversity.
- hyperintensiveMore than usually intensive
- hypointensiveLess than usually intensive
- neurointensiveneurocritical
- nonintensiveNot intensive
- unintensiveNot intensive.
- intensivenessThe condition of being intensive.
- intensivenessesplural of intensiveness: The condition of being intensive.
- superintensivevery intensive; very thorough.