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Definition of Transitive

1. Adjective. Designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning.

2. Noun. A verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical.

Definition of Transitive

1. a. Having the power of making a transit, or passage.

Definition of Transitive

1. Adjective. Making a (transit) or passage. ¹

2. Adjective. Affected by (transference) of signification. ¹

3. Adjective. (grammar): Of a verb, that takes an (object) or objects. (compare with: (intransitive) .) ¹

4. Adjective. (set theory): Of a (relation) ''R'' on a (set) ''S'', such that if ''xRy'' and ''yRz'', then ''xRz'' for all (member members) ''x'', ''y'' and ''z'' of ''S'' (that is, if the relation applies from one element to a second, and from the second to a third, then it also applies from the first element to the third). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transitive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transitive

transitional denture transitional element transitional endoplasmic reticulum transitional epithelium transitional gyrus transitional leukocyte transitional zone transitionally transitionary transitioned

transitioning transitionist transitionists transitionless transitions transitive (current term) transitive-verb transitive animate transitive verb transitive verb form

transitive verbs transitively transitiveness transitivise transitivities transitivity transitivize transitorily transitoriness transitory

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