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adjective

intensive

CEFR B1

involving concentrated effort or activity within a short time

In a sentence

Six example sentences with intensive, each labelled with its topic.

  • The writing retreat is intensive: ten days, no phones, and a finished short story due at the end of each one.

    Literature

  • Researchers ran an intensive two-week study, testing each volunteer's memory six times a day instead of once a month.

    Psychology

  • Bar candidates sign up for an intensive review course that crams a semester of contracts and torts into eight long days.

    Law

  • The intensive six-week program packs three sessions into most days, and nobody is allowed to skip the recovery walks.

    Fitness

  • The preseason camp is intensive: two practices a day for ten days, with film study filling the evenings.

    Basketball

  • She took an intensive Spanish course before the trip, five hours a day for three weeks, and could order dinner unaided.

    Travel

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