INTRANSITIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intransitive mean? 

• INTRANSITIVE (noun)
  The noun INTRANSITIVE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: INTRANSITIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• INTRANSITIVE (adjective)
  The adjective INTRANSITIVE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: INTRANSITIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRANSITIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

intransitive; intransitive verb; intransitive verb form

Hypernyms ("intransitive" is a kind of...):

verb (the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence)

• INTRANSITIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Antonym:

transitive (designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning)

Derivation:

intransitiveness; intransitivity (the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb)