intransitiveness

in·tran·si·tive  (n-trns-tv, -z-)

adj. 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.

n.

An intransitive verb.

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in·transi·tive·ly adv.

in·transi·tive·ness, in·transi·tivi·ty n.

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intransitiveness - the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb intransitivity grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar