English Easy Learning GrammarDirect and indirect objectsThe object of a sentence (if there is one) normally comes after the verb phrase. Whetherthere is an object or not depends on the meaning of the verb. ... Read more
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transitive in British English
(ˈtrænsɪtɪv)
adjective
1. 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. 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. logic, mathematics
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
Derived forms
transitively (ˈtransitively)
adverb
transitivity (ˌtransiˈtivity) or transitiveness (ˈtransitiveness)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Late Latin transitīvus from Latin transitus a going over; see transient
transitive in American English
(ˈtrænsətɪv; ˈtrænzətɪv)
adjective
1. Rare
of, showing, or characterized by transition; transitional
2. Grammar
expressing an action thought of as passing over to and having an effect on some person or thing; taking a direct object
said of certain verbs
3. Ancient Mathematics
designating a relation having the property that, whenever a first element bears a particular relation to a second that in turn bears this same relation to a third, the first element bears this relation to thethird