transitive

Definition of Transitive in English :

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Noun

1. transitive, transitive verb, transitive verb form

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

Adjective

2. transitive

designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transitive

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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

Transitive

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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 the third

identity and equality are transitive relations

noun

4.

a transitive verb

Transitive

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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.

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