different between intransitive vs ditransitive

English

Etymology

From in- +? transitive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?æns?t?v/, /?n?t?ænz?t?v/

Adjective

intransitive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object

   The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."

2. (rare) not transitive or passing further; kept; detained
   • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery

     And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further.

Synonyms

• neuter

Antonyms

• transitive

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ergative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t???.zi.tiv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: intransitives

Adjective

intransitive

1. feminine singular of intransitif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

intransitive

1. inflection of intransitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

intransitive

1. feminine plural of intransitivo

Anagrams

• intravenisti

English

Etymology

di- +? transitive

Adjective

ditransitive (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).

   • So far, we have considered only transitive Verbs which take a single NP Complement. However, there are a subset of transitive Verbs (known as ditransitive Verbs) which can take two NP Complements, as illustrated in (16) below (where the NP Complements are bracketed):
     (16) (a)      John gave [Mary] [a present]
     (16) (b)      The postman handed [me] [a parcel]
     (16) (c)      He showed [her] [his credentials]
     (16) (d)      He sent [his mother] [some flowers]
     (16) (e)      Never promise [anyone] [anything]
     The relevant subcategorisation frame for Verbs used in this construction will be [— NP NP], indicating that they can take two NP Complements.

Hypernyms

• transitive

Derived terms

• ditransitivity

Related terms

• ambitransitive
• intransitive
• transitive

Translations

Noun

ditransitive (plural ditransitives)

1. (linguistics) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.