intransitive

Plural: intransitives

Noun

• a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
• An intransitive verb.

Adjective

• designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object

Adj

• 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.

Examples

• The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."

Synonyms

intransitive verb, intransitive verb form, neuter, nontransitive

Antonyms

transitive

Related Words

ergative

Anagrams of intransitive