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S vs Intransitive - What's the difference?

s | intransitive |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective intransitive is

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

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    intransitive

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (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."
  • (rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
  • 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. — Jeremy Taylor.

    Antonyms

    * transitive

    See also

    * ergative ----