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intransitive

in·tran·si·tive
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-tran-si-tiv]
    • /ɪnˈtræn sɪ tɪv/
    • /ɪnˈtræn.sə.tɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-tran-si-tiv]
    • /ɪnˈtræn sɪ tɪv/

Definitions of intransitive word

  • adjective intransitive noting or having the quality of an intransitive verb. 1
  • noun intransitive intransitive verb. 1
  • noun intransitive (of a verb or a sense or use of a verb) not taking a direct object, e.g., look in look at the sky. 1
  • adjective intransitive verb: not acting on an object 1
  • adjective intransitive An intransitive verb does not have an object. 0
  • adjective intransitive denoting a verb when it does not require a direct object 0
See all 15 definitions of intransitive

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Origin of intransitive

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
From the Latin word intrānsitīvus, dating back to 1605-15. See in-3, transitive

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Parts of speech for Intransitive

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Intransitive

intransitive popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

intransitive usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • ergative

    Relating to or denoting a case of nouns (in some languages, e.g., Basque and Eskimo) that identifies the subject of a transitive verb and is different from the case that identifies the subject of an intransitive verb.

  • neuter

    Grammar. noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. (of a verb) intransitive.

  • verb

    any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.

  • absolutive

    the grammatical case in an ergative language that is used for the direct object of a transitive verb and the subject of an intransitive verb

  • cognate object

    a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song

  • intr

    Abbreviation of intransitive.
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