| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·tran·si·tive |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-tr n s-tv, -z- |
| ADJECTIVE: | abbr. intr. or int. or i. Designating a verb or verb construction that does not require or cannot take a direct object, as snow or sleep. | | NOUN: | An intransitive verb. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·transi·tive·ly —ADVERB
in·transi·tive·ness, in·tran si·tivi·ty —NOUN
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