The transitivity of a verb is whether or not it is used with a direct object.
Examples of 'transitivity' in a sentence
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The paper employs a tripartite systemic-functional model of analysis: transitivity, mood and theme.
Amir H.Y. Salama 2014, 'Decoding the socio-political meanings of Presidential “I” in Mubarak's last presidentialspeech: A systemic-functional approach', Cogent Arts & Humanitieshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2014.977554. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)