intransitive
IPA: ɪntrˈænsʌtɪv
noun
- (grammar) An intransitive verb.
adjective
- (grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.
- (rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
- (probability) 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.
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Examples of "intransitive" in Sentences
- Cuire is only an intransitive verb.
- Inanimate intransitive verb suffix.
- The verb can be used both transitively and intransitively.
- The intransitive prefix is marked only by a toneless nasal.
- Incidentally, using the word intransitively is common practice.
- The impersonal passive deletes the subject of an intransitive verb.
- Both optative and imperative exist in transitive and intransitive paradigms.
- Natural language systems should be able to recognize that the relationship between transitive and intransitive dress is not the same as that between transitive and intransitive eat.
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