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Intensiv — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • earnest adj Serious and sincere in intention or feeling.
  • ICU noun The part of a hospital that treats patients who are critically ill and need constant monitoring and life-support equipment.
  • intense adj Extremely strong, forceful, or extreme in degree.
  • intensive adj Involving a lot of effort or activity concentrated in a short period; thorough.
  • vigorously adv In a strong, energetic, or forceful manner.

Senses

Intensiv is used for these senses in English:

  • ICU (medical) Initialism of intensive care unit.
  • earnest Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
  • intense Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
  • intense (also, figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.
  • intensive Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.
  • intensively In an intensive way.
  • vigorously With intense energy, force or vigor

earnest — full definition

  1. adj Serious and sincere in intention or feeling.
  2. noun A sum of money paid in advance as a pledge or guarantee that a larger deal will go ahead.

ICU — full definition

  1. noun The part of a hospital that treats patients who are critically ill and need constant monitoring and life-support equipment.
  2. abbreviation Used in messages and online as a short way of writing I see you, either literally or to show that you have noticed and approve of what someone is doing.

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