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PRONUNCIATION OF INTRANSITIVITY

intransitivity  [ɪnˌtrænsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTRANSITIVITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intransitivity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTRANSITIVITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Intransitivity

In mathematics, intransitivity is a property of binary relations that are not transitive relations. This may include any relation that is not transitive, or the stronger property of antitransitivity, which describes a relation that is never transitive.

Definition of intransitivity in the English dictionary

The definition of intransitivity in the dictionary is the quality of being intransitive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTRANSITIVITY


activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
captivity
kæpˈtɪvɪtɪ
conductivity
ˌkɒndʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
connectivity
ˌkɒnɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
creativity
ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
hyperactivity
ˌhaɪpərækˈtɪvɪtɪ
inactivity
ˌɪnækˈtɪvɪtɪ
interactivity
ˌɪntərækˈtɪvɪtɪ
nativity
nəˈtɪvɪtɪ
negativity
ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvɪtɪ
positivity
ˌpɒzɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
productivity
ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
radioactivity
ˌreɪdɪəʊækˈtɪvɪtɪ
reactivity
ˌriːækˈtɪvɪtɪ
reflectivity
ˌriːflɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
relativity
ˌrɛləˈtɪvɪtɪ
resistivity
ˌriːzɪsˈtɪvɪtɪ
selectivity
sɪˌlɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
sensitivity
ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
superconductivity
ˌsuːpəˌkɒndʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTRANSITIVITY

intranasally
intranational
intranet
intrans.
intransigeance
intransigeant
intransigeantly
intransigence
intransigency
intransigent
intransigentism
intransigentist
intransigently
intransitive
intransitively
intransitiveness
intransmissible
intransmutable
intrant
intranuclear

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTRANSITIVITY

absorptivity
adaptivity
additivity
associativity
cooperativity
diffusivity
electronegativity
exclusivity
expressivity
extravehicular activity
gravity
hypersensitivity
inclusivity
motivity
objectivity
physical activity
special theory of relativity
subjectivity
thermal conductivity
transitivity
transmissivity

Synonyms and antonyms of intransitivity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intransitivity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTRANSITIVITY

Find out the translation of intransitivity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intransitivity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intransitivity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不及物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intransitividad
570 millions of speakers

English

intransitivity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

intransitivity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

intransitivity
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

интранзитивность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intransitividade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

intransitivity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intransitivité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keterlaluan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Intransitivität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

intransitivity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

intransitivity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intransitivity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

intransitivity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

intransitivity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिक्रमणशीलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geçişsizliğini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intransitività
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

intransitivity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інтранзітівность
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intranzitivitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

intransitivity
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

intransitivity
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intransitivitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intransitivity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intransitivity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRANSITIVITY»

The term «intransitivity» is used very little and occupies the 159.320 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of intransitivity
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRANSITIVITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «intransitivity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «intransitivity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intransitivity

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTRANSITIVITY»

Discover the use of intransitivity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intransitivity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Split Intransitivity in Italian
This book deals with split intransitivity in Italian, providing an in-depth investigation of the selection of the perfective operator, experiencer predicates, si-constructions, agreement, ne-cliticization, past-participle behaviour and word ...
Delia Bentley, 2006
2
The Effect of Frequency on the Loss of Split Intransitivity ...
Aranovich's (2003) study of split-intransitivity in Old Spanish from a diachronic viewpoint argues for a semantic treatment of split-intransitivity.
Christopher D. Sams, 2009
3
Split Auxiliary Systems: A Cross-linguistic Perspective
Introduction Recent synchronic, diachronic and variational studies on different manifestations of split intransitivity, namely auxiliary selection (Aranovich 2003; Cennamo 1998, 2001, 2002; Keller & Sorace 2003; Legendre & Sorace 2003; ...
Raúl Aranovich, 2007
4
Investigations of the Syntax-semantics-pragmatics Interface
Verb Classes and Split Intransitivity in Japanese and English. ph.D. Dissertation, University of Hawai'i. Burzio, L. 1986. Italian Syntax: A Government-Binding Approach. Dordrecht: Reidel. Bhat, D.N.S. 1994. The Adjectival Category: Criteria for ...
Robert D. Van Valin, 2008
5
Recent Developments in Germanic Linguistics
Introduction In recent years the phenomenon which, following Van Valin (1990), I will call 'split intransitivity' has attracted much attention in the linguistic literature, especially in generative circles. Known variously as the UNACCUSATIVE ...
Rosina Lippi-Green, 1992
6
The Democracy Sourcebook
Condorcet discovered the intransitivity of majoritarian preference, the fact known as Condorcet's paradox. Both authors developed new methods to overcome this problem with voting, which posed further problems. Laplace provided some ...
Robert Alan Dahl, Ian Shapiro, José Antônio Cheibub, 2003
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Case and Other Functional Categories in Finnish Syntax
Case-Marking. in. Necessive. Constructions. and. Split. Intransitivity. Lea Laitinen Maria Vilkuna University of Helsinki University of Helsinki 1. INTRODUCTION An observation that has engendered much discussion in recent syntax is that not ...
Anders Holmberg, Urpo Nikanne, 1993
8
Functional Structure in Nominals: Nominalization and Ergativity
ChapTER. 3. Intransitivity. in. Nominalization. In the previous chapter I have argued that process nominals are roots appearing beneath the 'verbal' functional heads Aspect and v. In this chapter I demonstrate that the variant of v within event  ...
Artemis Alexiadou, 2001
9
The Vedic -Iya/I-presents: Passives and Intransitivity in ...
This book is the first comprehensive study of the Vedic present formations with the suffix "ya" (' "ya"-presents' for short), including both present passives with the accented suffix "y " and non-passive -"ya"-presents with the accent on ...
L. I. Kulikov, 2012
10
Thinking and Deciding
Intransitivity. of. preferences. Tversky (1969) decided to test the idea that the axiom of transitivity is violated because of overweighing and underweighing of differences in utility. In one experiment, he asked subjects to choose which of two  ...
Jonathan Baron, 2000

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTRANSITIVITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intransitivity is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination
In a key contribution, Duncan MacIntosh confronts the issue of the rationality, and also the ethical status, of procrastination. The intransitivity of ... «Times Higher Education, Jun 15»
2
Between Objective Engagement and Engaged Cinema: Jean-Luc …
Ideally, the democratic potential of the media could be realized by breaking through this intransitivity and revolutionizing the apparatus and its content. «E-Flux, May 12»
3
How we (should) decide
Hare, a newly tenured associate professor of philosophy at MIT, studies this problem, which is known to philosophers as “negative intransitivity. «MIT News, Nov 11»
4
Wedding Tips From An Economist
Refuse to accept the intransitivity of indifference: "If we invite Uncle Fester, ... "Intransitivity of indifference" is an idea about how people choose ... «NPR, Dec 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Intransitivity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/intransitivity>. Apr 2024 ».
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