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intransitives

intransitives is the plural of intransitive.

Meaning of intransitive

Noun

intransitive (plural intransitives)

  1. An intransitive verb.
    • This means that subcategorization properties do not allow us to distinguish between transitives and intransitives (both types of verbs are allowed, but not obliged, to take a direct object).2011, Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, The Syntax of Romanian: Comparative Studies in Romance, page 136

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Questions about intransitives

What is intransitives the plural of?
Intransitives is the plural of intransitive.

Words near intransitives in the dictionary

  1. intransitive prepositions
  2. intransitive verb
  3. intransitive verbs
  4. intransitively
  5. intransitiveness
  6. intransitives
  7. intransitivities
  8. intransitivity
  9. intransitivization
  10. intransitivize
  11. intransitivized

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