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INTRANSITIVE

• INTRANSITIVE (noun)
The noun INTRANSITIVE has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: INTRANSITIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• INTRANSITIVE (adjective)
The adjective INTRANSITIVE has 1 sense:

1. designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object

Familiarity information: INTRANSITIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

• INTRANSITIVE (noun)

Sense 1

intransitive ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

intransitive; intransitive verb; intransitive verb form

Hypernyms ("intransitive" is a kind of...):

verb (a word that serves as the predicate of a sentence)

• INTRANSITIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

intransitive ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics or morphology))

Antonym:

transitive (designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning)

"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."
(English proverb)
"When there is heart, there is pain."
(Albanian proverb)
"I'm up to it and to any great thing."
(Arabic proverb)
"When two dogs fight over a bone, a third one carries it away."
(Dutch proverb)

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