(of verbs) able to be used in both a transitive and an intransitive way with the same meaning, where the object of the transitive verb is the same as the subject of the intransitive verb The verb “grow” is ergative because you can say “She grew flowers in her garden” or “Flowers grew in her garden.” compare causative, inchoative
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adverbSee ergative in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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