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intransitive

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12 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aeiiinnrsttvStarts with IEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From in- + transitive.

Used in a sentence

  • The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."
  • 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.
  • 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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