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INTRANSITIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

intransitive; intransitive verb; intransitive verb form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

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

Antonym:

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

Derivation:

intransitiveness; intransitivity (the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb)

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