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Definition of intransitive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

intransitive

adjective
 
/ɪnˈtrænzətɪv/
 
/ɪnˈtrænzətɪv/
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  1. (of verbs) used without a direct object opposite transitive
    • The verb ‘die’, as in ‘He died suddenly’, is intransitive.
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntransitive is used with these nouns:
    • verb
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin intransitivus ‘not passing over’, from in- ‘not’ + transitivus (from transit- ‘gone across’, from transire ‘go across’).
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