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Look up: intransitive

  1. intransitive
    [adj] - (grammar) designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Intransitive
    A verb is called intransitive when no action transfers from their subject to an object, e.g. we swam like a fish they sang beautifully he died. A transitive verb always takes an object - the thing that takes its action, e.g. He hit his thumb with the hammer....
    Found on http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/grammar/main

  3. intransitive
    a verb that does not take a direct object (e.g. die).
    Found on http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/clmt/

  4. Intransitive
    Definition (keystage 4) A relation ~ is intransitive if it is not transitive, i.e. a ~ b and b ~ c together do not necessarily imply a ~ c . This is most easily seen in something like a sports league, where we may have A beats B , B beats C , but then A doesn't necessarily beat C - so beating is intransitive.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  5. Intransitive
    In·tran'si·tive adjective [ Latin intransitivus : confer French intransitif . See In- not, and Transitive .] 1. Not passing farther; kept; detained. [ R.] « 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.» Jer. Taylor. 2. (Gram.) ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/87

  6. intransitive
    adjective designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Intransitive
    • (a.) Not passing farther; kept; detained. • (a.) Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.Intransitive: words in ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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