INTRANSITIVE
\ɪntɹˈansɪtˌɪv], \ɪntɹˈansɪtˌɪv], \ɪ_n_t_ɹ_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of INTRANSITIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By Princeton University
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Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.
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An intransitive verb.
By Oddity Software
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Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.
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An intransitive verb.
By Noah Webster.
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An intransitive verb.
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Intransitively.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Intransitively.
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Not passing over or indicating passing over: (gram.) representing action confined to the agent.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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