intransitive
adjective/ɪnˈtrænsɪtɪv/
Frequency rank: #19,466 most common English word
Meaning
Describing a verb that does not require or take a direct object.
Example sentence
The verb 'sleep' is intransitive because it does not take a direct object.
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