/ ɪnˈtrænsətɪv; NAmE / adjective
( grammar ) ( of verbs ) used without a direct object
OPP transitive :
The verb 'die' as in 'He died suddenly', is intransitive.
► in·transi·tive·ly adverb :
The verb is being used intransitively.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from late Latin intransitivus not passing over, from in- not + transitivus (from transit- gone across, from transire go across).