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intransitive verb

in·trans·i·tive verb

intransitive verb

 
pronunciation:
ihn traen zih tihv vuhrb
part of speech: noun
definition: a verb that is not followed by a direct object. In the sentence, "I ran for an hour," "ran" is an intransitive verb.