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Nouns are not transitive or intransitive, that is a form for verbs.

A transitive verb takes a direct object:

Jake ate his dinner. He can have his dessert.

An intransitive verb has no direct object:

Mary is driving. She will come soon. (soon is an adverb modifying the verb come)

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