intransitive
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/
The English word “intransitive” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.
- Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
- 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.
noun
- An intransitive verb.
Etymology
From in- + transitive.
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More English words
- intransigentism
- intransigentist
- intransigently
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- intransitive preposition
- intransitive verb
- intransitively
- intransitiveness
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