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Definition of Intransitive

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

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

Definition of Intransitive

1. a. Not passing farther; kept; detained.

Definition of Intransitive

1. Adjective. (grammar of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object. ¹

2. Adjective. (rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intransitive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intransitive

intranquillity intranscalent intransgressible intransient intransigeance intransigeances intransigeant intransigeantly intransigeants intransigence

intransigences intransigency intransigent intransigently intransigents intransitive-verb intransitive verb intransitive verb form intransitive verbs intransitively

intransitiveness intransitivise intransitivity intransitivize intransmissible intransmutability intransmutable intransparent intrant

Literary usage of Intransitive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1907)
"To verbs, signifying intransitive, transitive acts, as here described, ... To the class of acts that are here termed intransitive, belong those which ..."

2. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"(b)) (c) with loss of final r of the intransitive: UT- (u-9-) 'to disappear, be lost' : u'f- (u't-) 'to cause to disappear of a sudden' (556) (d) In 16 ..."

3. An Analytical and Practical Grammar of the English Language by Peter Bullions (1859)
"A verh that does not make sense with one of these words after it, ia intransitive ; thus, strikes is transitive, hecause we can say, " James strikes me;" ..."

4. A Grammar of the Greek Language by William Edward Jelf (1881)
"Verbs intransitive used as Transitive or Passive—or Transitive as intransitive. §. ... The state in which a person is represented by an intransitive verb, ..."

5. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"Verbs are called intransitive if their notion or idea is complete ... The term intransitive means not passing over. " He runs." Here the act of running is ..."

6. Theory and Applications of Finite Groups by George Abram Miller, Hans Frederick Blichfeldt, Leonard Eugene Dickson (1916)
"intransitive Substitution Groups. One of the simplest examples of an intransitive ... For instance, the intransitive group generated by the following three ..."

7. Syntax of the French Verb by Edward Cooke Armstrong, De La Warr Benjamin Easter (1909)
"intransitive Verbs intransitive verbs generally take avoir, ... intransitive Verbs taking être.* Some of the intransitive verbs which can have être as ..."

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