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/ɪntɹˈænsɪtˌɪv/
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ADJECTIVE
- designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
NOUN
- a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
How To Use intransitive In A Sentence
- English is called a nominative-accusative language because both transitive and intransitive verbs take subjects. Behind Bars | ATTACKERMAN
- The real challenges always came with the sophisticated adjectives, the adverbs, and the intransitive verbs.
- But if you read it closely, you'll see I'm using the intransitive plural subjunctive tense.
- Any halfway decent teacher should be able to explain the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.
- In the past tense configuration, however, the Pashto agreement system is ergative: the Agreement is verb - subject agreement with intransitives, but verb - object agreement with transitives.
- While the pivot of an intransitive clause is the core-argument of the verb, the pivot of a transitive clause is not its agent but its patient.
- Intransitive, transitive, causative forms, past and non-past tenses (there was no future tense in Old Tamil), participal and verbal nouns, adjectival participles and the infinitive are found in the language of the inscriptions.
- In the sentence 'I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't come', 'come' is an intransitive verb.
- you can use the verb `drink' intransitively, without a direct object
- Additionally, 'break' verbs may appear in the simple intransitive construction while 'cut' verbs may appear in the conative construction.