intransitive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/
- /ɪnˈtɹænzətɪv/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English transitive English intransitive From in- + transitive.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.
The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."
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(not-comparable, rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
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-comparable) 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.
Antonyms
Deriveds
intransitive verb · intransitively · intransitivity · intransitivize · intransitivization · intransitive preposition · intransitiveness
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Synonyms
Translations (59)
ar لَازِم (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · eo netransitiva (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · sh не̏прела̄зан (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · sh не̏пријела̄зан (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · sk neprechodný (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · nl intransitief (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · grc ἀμετάβατος (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · hu tárgyatlan (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · gd anasdolach (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · vo neloveädik (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · pt intransitivo (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · la intransitīvus (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · no intransitiv (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · be неперахо́дны (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · uk неперехідни́й (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · ml അകർമ്മക്രിയ (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · sa अकर्मक (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · mn үл тусах (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · gd neo-aisigeach (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · da intransitiv (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · de intransitiv (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · nl onovergangelijk (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · sh nȅprelāzan (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · ka გარდაუვალი (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · pl nieprzechodni (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · ca intransitiu (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · el αμετάβατος (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · io netransitiva (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · hy անանցողական (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · cy cyflawn (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · zza nêravêrde (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · ja 自動 (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · vi nội (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · gd neo-chuspaireach (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · tr geçişsiz (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · mk непреоден (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · ko 자동 (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · fi intransitiivinen (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · it intransitivo (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · is áhrifslaus (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · sv intransitiv (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · ro intranzitiv (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · tl katawanin (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · bg непрехо́ден (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · sl neprehoden (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · mn эс тусах (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · pl nietranzytywny (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · sq jokalimtar (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · sh nȅprijelāzan (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · cmn 不及物 (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · es intransitivo (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · ml അകർമ്മകം (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · bn অকর্মক ক্রিয়া (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · nrf întransitif (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · fr intransitif (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · cs nepřechodný (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · gl intransitivo (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · ga neamhaistreach (of a verb, not taking a direct object) · ru неперехо́дный (of a verb, not taking a direct object)