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transitive and intransitive verbsEnglish verbs are split into two major categories depending on how they function in a sentence: transitive and intransitive. Transitive verbs take one or more objects in a sentence, while intransitive verbs take no objects in a sentence.Put simply, a transitive verb describes an action that is happening to something or someone, which is known as the verb’s direct object.An intransitive verb, on the other hand, describes an action that does not happen to something or someone.Continue reading...tran·si·tive T0319500 (trăn′sĭ-tĭv, -zĭ-)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 binary relation such that, whenever one element is related to a second element and the second element is related to a third element, then the first element is also related to the third element. Examples of transitive relations are "less than" for real numbers (a < b and b < c implies a < c) and divisibility for integers (a divides b and b divides c mean that a divides c).n. Grammar A transitive verb.
[Late Latin trānsitīvus, passing over (translation of Greek diabibastikos), from trānsitus, past participle of trānsīre, to go over; see transient.]
tran′si·tive·ly adv.tran′si·tive·ness, tran′si·tiv′i·ty n.transitive (ˈtrænsɪtɪv) adj1. (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. (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 phrase3. (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. [C16: from Late Latin transitīvus from Latin transitus a going over; see transient] ˈtransitively adv ˌtransiˈtivity, ˈtransitiveness ntran•si•tive (ˈtræn sɪ tɪv, -zɪ-)
adj. 1. of or designating a verb that is accompanied by a direct object and from which a passive can be formed, as deny, put, or elect. 2. characterized by or involving transition; transitional. n. 3. a transitive verb. [1550–60; < Late Latin trānsitīvus= Latin trānsit(us), past participle of trānsīre to cross (see transit) + -īvus -ive] tran′si•tive•ly, adv. tran′si•tive•ness, tran`si•tiv′i•ty, n. transitiveUsed to describe a verb that has a direct object. Compare intransitive.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | transitive - a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammaticaltransitive verb, transitive verb formverb - the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentencedoubly 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 meaninggrammar - 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 |
Translationstransitive (ˈtrӕnsitiv) adjective (of a verb) having an object. He hit the ball; Open the door! (語法中的)及物動詞 （语法中的）及物的 transitive
transitive and intransitive verbsEnglish verbs are split into two major categories depending on how they function in a sentence: transitive and intransitive. Transitive verbs take one or more objects in a sentence, while intransitive verbs take no objects in a sentence.Put simply, a transitive verb describes an action that is happening to something or someone, which is known as the verb’s direct object.An intransitive verb, on the other hand, describes an action that does not happen to something or someone.Continue reading...transitive 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 transitiveA relation R is transitive if x R y & y R z => x R z.Equivalence relations, pre-, partial and total orders are alltransitive.See TRANS
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Related to transitive: transitive verb, Transitive dependencySynonyms for transitivenoun a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammaticalSynonyms- transitive verb
- transitive verb form
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- doubly transitive verb
- doubly transitive verb form
adj designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaningRelated WordsAntonyms |