intensive

intensive
adjective
1) (vigorous, thorough) intensiv; Intensiv[kurs]
2) (Ling.) verstärkend; intensivierend
3) (concentrated, directed to a single point or area) intensiv; heftig [Beschuss]; gezielt [Entwicklung]
4) (Econ.) intensiv [Landwirtschaft]
5) in comb.

capital-intensive/labour-intensive — kapital-/arbeitsintensiv

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[-siv]
adjective (very great; showing or having great care etc: The police began an intensive search for the murderer; The hospital has just opened a new intensive care unit.) intensiv
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in·ten·sive
[ɪnˈten(t)sɪv]
adj intensiv, stark
\intensive analysis gründliche Analyse
\intensive bombardment heftiger Beschuss
\intensive course Intensivkurs m
to come under \intensive fire unter heftigen Beschuss geraten
\intensive study gründliche [o intensive] Studie
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[In'tensɪv]
adj
intensiv, Intensiv-

to be in intensive care (Med) — auf der Intensivstation sein

intensive care unit — Intensivstation f

intensive farming — intensive Landwirtschaft

intensive methods (Agr) — intensive Bewirtschaftung

they came under intensive fire — sie kamen unter heftigen Beschuss

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intensive [ınˈtensıv]
A adj (adv intensively)
1. intensiv:
a) stark, heftig
b) gründlich, erschöpfend (Forschung etc):
intensive course Intensiv-, Schnellkurs m
2. verstärkend (auch LING):
intensive adverb;
intensive pronoun
3. sich verstärkend
4. MED
a) stark wirkend
b) intensive care Intensivpflege f;
he is in intensive care, he is in (oder at) the intensive care unit er liegt auf der Intensivstation;
he spent three weeks in intensive care er lag drei Wochen auf der Intensivstation
5. a) WIRTSCH intensiv, ertragssteigernd:
intensive cultivation of land intensive Bodenbewirtschaftung
b) in Zusammensetzungen …intensiv: academic.ru/80819/wage-intensive">wage-intensive, etc
B s intensifier 2
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adjective
1) (vigorous, thorough) intensiv; Intensiv[kurs]
2) (Ling.) verstärkend; intensivierend
3) (concentrated, directed to a single point or area) intensiv; heftig [Beschuss]; gezielt [Entwicklung]
4) (Econ.) intensiv [Landwirtschaft]
5) in comb.

capital-intensive/labour-intensive — kapital-/arbeitsintensiv

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adj.
intensiv adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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