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INTRANSITIVENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intransitiveness mean?
• INTRANSITIVENESS (noun)
The noun INTRANSITIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb
Familiarity information: INTRANSITIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
intransitiveness; intransitivity
Hypernyms ("intransitiveness" is a kind of...):
grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)
Derivation:
intransitive (designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object)
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