"intransitive" meaning in English

See intransitive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈtrænsətɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intransitive.wav [UK] Forms: intransitive [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Etymology: in- + transitive Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|in|transitive}} in- + transitive Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Having no object, as with a verb like faint or a clause like I fainted.
    Sense id: simple-intransitive-en-adj-vFR8ms4I Categories (other): Grammar
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with in-
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