tran·si·tive (tr n s -tv, -z-)adj. 1. Abbr. trans. or tr. or t. Grammar Expressing an action carried from the subject to the object; requiring a direct object to complete meaning. Used of a verb or verb construction. 2. Characterized by or involving transition. 3. Logic & Mathematics Of or relating to a relationship between three elements such that if the relationship holds between the first and second elements and between the second and third elements, it necessarily holds between the first and third elements. Examples of transitive relationships are equality for numbers and divisibility for integers. n. Grammar A transitive verb. [Late Latin tr  nsit vus, passing over (translation of Greek diabibastikos), from trnsitus, past participle of trnsre, to go over; see transient.]tran si·tive·ly adv.tran si·tive·ness, tran si·tivi·ty n. |
transitive [ˈtrænsɪtɪv]
adj
1. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar
a. denoting an occurrence of a verb when it requires a direct object or denoting a verb that customarily requires a direct object ``to find'' is a transitive verb
b. (as noun) these verbs are transitives
2. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar denoting an adjective, such as fond, or a noun, such as husband, that requires a noun phrase and cannot be used without some implicit or explicit reference to such a noun phrase
3. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic Maths having the property that if one object bears a relationship to a second object that also bears the same relationship to a third object, then the first object bears this relationship to the third object mathematical equality is transitive, since if x = y and y = z then x = z Compare intransitive
[from Late Latin transitīvus from Latin transitus a going over; see transient]
transitively adv
transitivity , transitiveness n
| transitive (trns-tv) Of or relating to a mathematical or logical relation between three elements such that if the relation holds between the first and second elements and between the second and third elements, it necessarily holds between the first and third elements. The relation of being greater than in mathematics is transitive, since if a > b and b > c, then a > c. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | transitive - a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical verb - the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence doubly transitive verb, doubly transitive verb form - a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object |
| Adj. | 1. | transitive - designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) intransitive - designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object |
Translations
transitive [ˈtrænzɪtɪv] adj [verb] → transitif/ive
transitive
transitive [ˈtrænzɪtɪv] adj (Gram) → transitivo/a
transitive [ˈtrænzɪtɪv] adj (Gram) → transitivo/a
transitive [ˈtrænzɪtɪv] adj (Gram) → transitivo/a
adj transitive [ˈtrӕnsitiv]
(of a verb) having an object He hit the ball; Open the door! oorganklik مُتَعَدٍّ преходен přechodný transitiv transitiv μεταβατικός (γραμμ.) transitivo sihiline متعدی transitiivi- transitif פוֹעַל יוֹצֵא सकर्मक prijelazni tárgyas (ige) transitif áhrifs- transitivo 他動詞の 타동사의 galininkinis, tranzityvinis transitīvs, pārejošs transitif overgankelijk transitiv przechodni transitivo tranzitiv переходный prechodný prehoden (glagol) tranzitivan transitiv เกี่ยวกับสกรรมกริยา geçişli, nesne alan (語法中的)及物的 перехідний فعل متعدي ngoại động từ （语法中的）及物的
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