intransitive

From in- +‎ transitive.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/, /ɪnˈtɹænzətɪv/

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intransitive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, 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."

2. (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.

3. (probability) 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.

• neuter
• nontransitive

• transitive

• ergative

intransitive (plural intransitives)

1. (grammar) An intransitive verb.
   • 2011, Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, The Syntax of Romanian: Comparative Studies in Romance, page 136:

     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).

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.tiv/

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• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: intransitives

intransitive

1. feminine singular of intransitif

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intransitive

1. inflection of intransitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

• IPA^(key): /in.tran.siˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: in‧tran‧si‧tì‧ve

intransitive f pl

1. feminine plural of intransitivo

• intravenisti