intransitive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

noun

/ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/ /ɪnˈtɹænzətɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intransitive.wav

intransitive intransitives

From in- + transitive.

neuter nontransitive

transitive

ergative

intransitively intransitiveness intransitive preposition intransitive verb intransitivity intransitivization intransitivize

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