intransitive
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From in- + transitive.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/, /ɪnˈtɹænzətɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]intransitive (not comparable)
- (grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.
- The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."
- (rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
- 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery
- And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further.
- 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery
- (probability) Of a set of dice: containing three dice A, B, and C, with the property that A rolls higher than B more than half the time, and B rolls higher than C more than half the time, but lacking the property that A rolls higher than C more than half the time. See intransitive dice.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]of a verb, not taking a direct object
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See also
[edit]Noun
[edit]intransitive (plural intransitives)
- (grammar) An intransitive verb.
- 2011, Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, The Syntax of Romanian: Comparative Studies in Romance, page 136:
- This means that subcategorization properties do not allow us to distinguish between transitives and intransitives (both types of verbs are allowed, but not obliged, to take a direct object).
French
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]intransitive
German
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Adjective
[edit]intransitive
- inflection of intransitiv:
Italian
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]intransitive f pl
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