intransitive

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adjective

1.
(not comparable)(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.
(not comparable, 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.
(not comparable)(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.

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noun

Plural noun:

intransitives

1.
(grammar) An intransitive verb.

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neuter nontransitive

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intransitivenessintransitivizationintransitivizeintransitivelyintransitive prepositionintransitivityintransitive verbergative

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