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What (who) is intransitive - definition
VERB THAT TAKES NO GRAMMATICAL OBJECTS
Intransitive; Intransitive verbs; Intr.v.; Intr. v.
intransitive
An intransitive verb does not have an object.
? transitive
ADJ
Intransitive
·adj Not passing farther; kept; detained.
II. Intransitive ·adj Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, ·e.g., the bird flies; the dog runs.
intransitive
[?n'trans?t?v, -'tr?:-, -nz-]
¦ adjective (of a verb or a sense or use of a verb) not taking a direct object, e.g. look in look at the sky. The opposite of transitive.
Derivatives
intransitively adverb
intransitivity noun
Wikipedia
Intransitive verb
In grammar, an intransitive verb is a verb whose context does not entail a direct object. That lack of transitivity distinguishes intransitive verbs from transitive verbs, which entail one or more objects. Additionally, intransitive verbs are typically considered within a class apart from modal verbs and defective verbs.
Examples of use of intransitive
1. The morality of "something must be done" is weakened by being intransitive.
2. "If you‘re a stickler, you probably think the singular verb ‘is‘ should have been the plural ‘are.‘ But if you read it closely, you‘ll see I‘m using the intransitive plural subjunctive tense.