in·tran·si·tive  (ĭn-trān'sĭ-tĭv, -zĭ-)  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. in·tran'si·tive·ly adv., in·tran'si·tive·ness, in·tran'si·tiv'i·ty n. |
| intransitivity | |
noun | |
| the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb [ant: transitiveness] |