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INTRANSITIVE VERB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intransitive verb mean?
• INTRANSITIVE VERB (noun)
The noun INTRANSITIVE VERB has 1 sense:
1. a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
Familiarity information: INTRANSITIVE VERB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 verb" is a kind of...):
verb (the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence)
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