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Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, probability, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An intransitive verb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: transitive
a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intransitive verb, intransitive verb form
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: verb
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English transitive English intransitive From in- + transitive.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
jokalimtar
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Arabic:
لَازِم
(lāzim)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Armenian:
անանցողական
(anancʻoġakan)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Belarusian:
неперахо́дны
(njepjeraxódny)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Bengali:
অকর্মক ক্রিয়া
(okormok kriẏa)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Bulgarian:
непрехо́ден
(neprehóden)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Catalan:
intransitiu
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Chinese Mandarin:
不及物
(bùjíwù)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Czech:
nepřechodný
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Danish:
intransitiv
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Dutch:
onovergangelijk
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Dutch:
intransitief
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Esperanto:
netransitiva
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Finnish:
intransitiivinen
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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French:
intransitif
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Galician:
intransitivo
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Georgian:
გარდაუვალი
(gardauvali)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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German:
intransitiv
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Greek:
αμετάβατος
(ametávatos)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Ancient Greek:
ἀμετάβατος
(ametábatos)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Hungarian:
tárgyatlan
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Icelandic:
áhrifslaus
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Ido:
netransitiva
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Irish:
neamhaistreach
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Italian:
intransitivo
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Japanese:
自動
(jidō)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Korean:
자동
(jadong)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Latin:
intransitīvus
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Macedonian:
непреоден
(nepreoden)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Malayalam:
അകർമ്മക്രിയ
(akaṟmmakriya)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Malayalam:
അകർമ്മകം
(akaṟmmakaṁ)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Mongolian:
үл тусах
(ül tusax)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Mongolian:
эс тусах
(es tusax)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Norman:
întransitif
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Norwegian:
intransitiv
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Polish:
nieprzechodni
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Portuguese:
intransitivo
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Romanian:
intranzitiv
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Russian:
неперехо́дный
(neperexódnyj)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Sanskrit:
अकर्मक
(akarmaka)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Scottish Gaelic:
anasdolach
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Scottish Gaelic:
neo-aisigeach
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Scottish Gaelic:
neo-chuspaireach
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Serbo-Croatian:
не̏прела̄зан
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Serbo-Croatian:
не̏пријела̄зан
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Serbo-Croatian:
nȅprelāzan
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Serbo-Croatian:
nȅprijelāzan
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Slovak:
neprechodný
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Slovene:
neprehoden
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Spanish:
intransitivo
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Swedish:
intransitiv
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Tagalog:
katawanin
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Turkish:
geçişsiz
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Ukrainian:
неперехідни́й
(neperexidnýj)
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Vietnamese:
nội
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Volapük:
neloveädik
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Welsh:
cyflawn
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
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Zazaki:
nêravêrde
— of a verb, not taking a direct object
