Intransitive: Difference between revisions
Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in- in-] + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive]. ===Transliteration Pronunciation=== * '''Katakana:''' イントランサティヴ * '''Anglo-Saxon runes:''' ᛁᚾᛏᚱᚫᚾᛋᛖᛏᛁᚠ * '''Hangul:''' 인트랜서티브 ===Adjective=== ''(not comparable)'' # (''grammar, of a verb'') Not [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive]: not having, or not taking, a [https://..." |
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# (''grammar, of a verb'') Not [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive]: not having, or not taking, a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/direct_object direct object]. | # (''grammar, of a verb'') Not [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive]: not having, or not taking, a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/direct_object direct object]. | ||
# (''grammar, informal'') Describing a verb that does not act on anything | # (''grammar, informal'') Describing a verb that does not act on anything; the action stays with the subject and goes nowhere. In "she sleeps" or "he runs", nothing is being slept or run; the verb is '''intransitive'''. | ||
# (''rare'') Not [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive] or passing further; kept; detained. | # (''rare'') Not [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive] or passing further; kept; detained. | ||
# (''probability'') Of a set of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dice dice]: containing three dice A, B, and C, with the property that A rolls higher than B more than half the time, and B rolls higher than C more than half the time, but lacking the property that A rolls higher than C more than half the time. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intransitive_dice intransitive dice] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intransitive_game intransitive game]. | # (''probability'') Of a set of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dice dice]: containing three dice A, B, and C, with the property that A rolls higher than B more than half the time, and B rolls higher than C more than half the time, but lacking the property that A rolls higher than C more than half the time. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intransitive_dice intransitive dice] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intransitive_game intransitive game]. | ||
Latest revision as of 03:04, 6 May 2026
English
[edit | edit source]Etymology
[edit | edit source]From in- + transitive.
Transliteration Pronunciation
[edit | edit source]- Katakana: イントランサティヴ
- Anglo-Saxon runes: ᛁᚾᛏᚱᚫᚾᛋᛖᛏᛁᚠ
- Hangul: 인트랜서티브
Adjective
[edit | edit source](not comparable)
- (grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.
- (grammar, informal) Describing a verb that does not act on anything; the action stays with the subject and goes nowhere. In "she sleeps" or "he runs", nothing is being slept or run; the verb is intransitive.
- (rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
- (probability) Of a set of dice: containing three dice A, B, and C, with the property that A rolls higher than B more than half the time, and B rolls higher than C more than half the time, but lacking the property that A rolls higher than C more than half the time. See intransitive dice and intransitive game.