Intransitive verb

//ɪnˌtɹænsətɪv ˈvɜːb// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An action verb which does not take a direct object.

    "In the English language, ‘sleep’ is an intransitive verb."

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

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