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