intransitive
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What is the meaning of intransitive?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.Examples: "The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often.""not-comparable
2. (rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.Examples: "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."not-comparablerare
3. (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 and intransitive game.not-comparable
noun (English)
1. (grammar) An intransitive verb.Examples: "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)."
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