intensive study

collocation in English

meaningsofintensiveandstudy

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intensive
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈten.sɪv/us
/ɪnˈten.sɪv/
involving a lot of effort or activity in a short period ...
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study
noun
uk
/ˈstʌd.i/us
/ˈstʌd.i/
the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover ...
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(Definition ofintensiveandstudyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintensive study

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This is a group which clearly merits further and moreintensivestudy.
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Another epidemiological entity, which urgently needsintensivestudy, is the potential for tick-borne rickettsiae to cause cardiac pathology.
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This is an additional practical justification for conversation analysts'intensivestudyover the past 30 years of the basic structures of talk in ordinary settings.
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No single discussion is exhaustive, as any of these hypotheses are worthy ofintensivestudyin their own right.
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The dopaminergic system of goldfish retina has been the object ofintensivestudyover the past 20 years.
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Despiteintensivestudy, intrathecal morphine techniques have not been improved upon and it remains a second line drug.
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Two villages were selected forintensivestudyfrom each of the three categories mentioned above.
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In 1983, a subsample of the main survey was selected forintensivestudyfrom 1983-7, using qualitative methods.
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An initial, important stage in composition is theintensivestudyof each individual found and selected noise and sound.
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Since most single-locus cases have only partially yielded tointensivestudy, it is hardly surprising that complex or polygenic systems have hardly been considered.
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Other languages exhibit a much greater degree of variation in their inflectional systems and these have formed the basis ofintensivestudyin recent years.
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Methods have been devised and applied to anintensivestudyof the course of bollworm activity on numerous rain-grown and irrigated crops.
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Three hundred and forty-one agreed to be contacted for the purpose of the moreintensivestudy.
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The enquiry has not extended beyond the bounds of the supportive network, though theintensivestudy of 1983 produced more biographical material, including rich qualitative accounts of relationships further afield.
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That is why environmental health officers undergo three or four years'intensivestudyand training before they qualify.
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It is anintensivestudyto ensure that everything that we do in the supply chain fulfils the top requirements of the front line.
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Would he now undertake anintensivestudyof, for instance, the value-added tax?
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But all these matters are subject to the mostintensivestudyat present.
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