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Intransitive

//ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object. not-comparable

    "The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often.""

  2. 2
    Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained. not-comparable, rare

    "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."

  3. 3
    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 and intransitive game. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An intransitive verb.

    "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)."

  2. 2
    a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From in- + transitive.

Etymology 2

From in- + transitive.

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