Intransitive (Adjective)
Meaning
Designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The verb "to sleep" is intransitive, as it does not require a direct object to complete its meaning.
- She laughed, an intransitive verb that expresses an action that cannot be directed towards anything.
- In the sentence "The baby cried", the verb "cried" is intransitive because it doesn't take a direct object.
- Intransitive verbs, such as "to arrive" and "to sneeze", often express a state of being or a spontaneous action.
- The verb "to whisper" is sometimes intransitive, as in the sentence "She whispered quietly to herself" is rephrased as "She whispered quietly" with no direct object.