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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
intensive
/ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/
adjective
needing great effort for a short period of time
- “The school's master's program is a one-year intensive study program.”Tatoeba
- “As economy develops, labor-intensive industries give way to capital-intensive industries.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)