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INTRANSITIVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intransitivity mean? 

INTRANSITIVITY (noun)
  The noun INTRANSITIVITY has 1 sense:

1. the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verbplay

  Familiarity information: INTRANSITIVITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTRANSITIVITY (noun)


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 ("intransitivity" is a kind of...):

grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)

Antonym:

transitivity (the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb)

Derivation:

intransitive (designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object)


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