Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with intensive in British Collocation
intensive
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
UK
/ɪnˈtensɪv/
very
extremely
highly
particularly
really
very
Listening to a foreign language is a very intensive and demanding activity.
rather
fairly
pretty
quite
rather
I presented my Interim Report this morning and we had a fairly intensive discussion.
study or training
course
programme
study
training
tuition
Many postgraduate courses are very intensive and can be extremely hard work.
treatment or care
care
chemotherapy
intervention
physiotherapy
support
therapy
treatment
Having undergone months of intensive chemotherapy, Mollie felt weak and depressed.
attempt
effort
The press generally praised the intensive efforts on the part of the government to secure the hostages’ freedom.
use
use
There is still little experience of the intensive use of Information Technology in the ordinary classroom.