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Detransitivise for Dummies

verb

What does Detransitivise really mean?

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So, detransitivise is a bit of a big word, but I'll do my best to explain it in a way that's easy to understand. You know how sometimes when we speak, we use verbs that show that someone or something is doing an action to another person or thing? Like when we say "I kicked the ball," the word "kicked" shows that I am doing the action of kicking to the ball. Well, that's called a transitive verb, because it shows that the action is being done to someone or something.

Now, detransitivise means to change that kind of verb into a different kind of verb that doesn't show that the action is being done to someone or something. So, let's say we change the sentence "I kicked the ball" into "I kicked." In this new sentence, the word "kicked" is still there, but now it doesn't show that the action is being done to anything. It's just me doing the action of kicking, without saying what I kicked.

So, in a way, it's like taking the verb and making it more about the action itself, rather than the person or thing that the action is being done to. It's like taking the focus away from the receiver of the action and putting it on the action itself. It's kind of like if you were playing a game and you changed the rules to make it more about how you play the game, rather than who wins or loses. Does that make sense?


Revised and Fact checked by John Smith on 2023-11-15 07:14:56

Detransitivise In a sentece

Learn how to use Detransitivise inside a sentece

  • I will detransitivise the sentence 'I wrote the letter' by removing the direct object, making it 'I wrote.'
  • To detransitivise the sentence 'She painted the picture,' I would change it to 'She painted.'
  • In order to detransitivise the sentence 'He ate the cake,' I will take out the object and have it say 'He ate.'
  • Let's detransitivise the sentence 'They read the book' so it becomes 'They read.'
  • We can detransitivise the sentence 'The dog chased the cat' to simply say 'The dog chased.'

Detransitivise Synonyms

Words that can be interchanged for the original word in the same context.

detransitivize detransitivize intransitivise intransitivise intransitivize intransitivize

Detransitivise Hypernyms

Words that are more generic than the original word.

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