Pronunciations (3)
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/ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/
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/ɪnˈtɹænzətɪv/
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ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv
Adjective
Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.
Usage- not-comparable
- of a verb
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The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."
Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
Usage- not-comparable
- Rare
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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.
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.
Usage- not-comparable
Noun
An intransitive verb.
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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).
Adjective
designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
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Noun
a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
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