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1. (adj.) transitive
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. transitive
characterized by or involving transition; transitional.
3. (n.) transitive
a transitive verb.
Etymology: (1550–60; < LL trānsitīvus= L trānsit(us), ptp. of
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| Definition of 'transitive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) transitive verb, transitive verb form, transitive
a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
2. (adj) transitive
designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning
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1. (adjective) transitive
(of a verb) used with a direct object
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1. (adj) transitive
having the power of making a transit, or passage
2. (adj) transitive
effected by transference of signification
3. (adj) transitive
passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book
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Sense: (of a verb) having an object
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 Afrikaans: oorganklik |
 Arabic: مُتَعَدٍّ |
 Bulgarian: преходен |
 Brazilian: transitivo |
 Czech: přechodný |
 German: transitiv |
 Danish: transitiv |
 Greek: μεταβατικός (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: transitivo |
 Estonian: sihiline |
 Farsi: متعدی |
 Finnish: transitiivi- |
 French: transitif |
 Hebrew: פוֹעַל יוֹצֵא |
 Hindi: सकर्मक |
 Croatian: prijelazni |
 Hungarian: tárgyas (ige) |
 Indonesian: transitif |
 Icelandic: áhrifs- |
 Italian: transitivo |
 Japanese: 他動詞の |
 Korean: 타동사의 |
 Lithuanian: galininkinis, tranzityvin |
 Latvian: transitīvs, pārejošs |
 Malay: transitif |
 Dutch: overgankelijk |
 Norwegian: transitiv |
 Polish: przechodni |
 Persian: متعدی |
 Pashto: تیریدونی، متعدی |
 Portuguese: transitivo |
 Romanian: tranzitiv |
 Russian: переходный |
 Slovak: prechodný |
 Slovenian: prehoden (glagol) |
 Serbian: tranzitivan |
 Swedish: transitiv |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับสกรรมกริยา |
 Turkish: geçişli, nesne alan |
 Taiwanese: (語法中的)及物動詞 |
 Ukrainian: перехідний |
 Urdu: فعل متعدي |
 Vietnamese: ngoại động từ |
 Chinese: （语法中的）及物的 |
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