Intransitive verb
/ɪnˌtɹænsətɪv ˈvɜːb/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An action verb which does not take a direct object.
"In the English language, ‘sleep’ is an intransitive verb."
- 2 a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"In the English language, ‘sleep’ is an intransitive verb."