intransitive

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Synonyms: transitive, intensitive, ditransitive, intransitivize, intransitivise, intransitives, nontransitive

Antonyms: transitive, intensitive, ditransitive, intransitivize, intransitivise, intransitives, nontransitive

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|grammar|of a verb}} Not [[transitive]]: not having, or not taking, a [[direct object]].
2. {{lb|en|rare}} Not [[transitive]] or passing further; kept; detained.
3. {{lb|en|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 {{w|intransitive dice}} and {{w|intransitive game}}.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|grammar}} An intransitive verb.

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