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Intransitive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Intransitive has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

Adjective
1

designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object

2

not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object

See Also
unergative ditransitive intransitiveness intransitively pseudopassive unaccusative ergativity ergative
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transitive
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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