intransitive
Meaning of intransitive
adjective
- (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."
- Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained
Information about intransitive
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of intransitive
in-tran-si-tive
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- intransitive is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
intransitive synonyms
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intransitive antonyms
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Translation of intransitive
- German: intransitiv
- French: intransitif
- Spanish: intransitivo
- Italian: intransitivo
Words that rhyme with intransitive
Conservative, Native, Perative, Representative, abdicative, aberrative, abirritative, ablative, abnegative, abrogative, accelerative, accommodative, acculturative, accumulative, accusative, acervative, acetylative, aconative, acurative, adaptative, adequative, adjudicative, administrative, admirative, adoptative, adumbrative, adversative, advocative, affiliative, affinitative, affirmative, afformative, affricative, agglomerative, agglutinative, aggravative, aggregative, agitative, albificative, alimentative, allative, alleviative, alliterative, alterative, altercative, alternative, amalgamative, amative, ambulative, ameliorative
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