Meaning of TRANSITIVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'transitiv
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[adj] (grammar) designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning |
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TRANSITIVE is a 10 letter word that starts with T. |
| | Antonyms: | | intransitive | | | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tran"si*tive\, a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif.
See {Transient}.]
1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.]
--Bacon.
2. Effected by transference of signification.
By far the greater part of the transitive or
derivative applications of words depend on casual
and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the
fancy. --Stewart.
3. (Gram.) 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. --
{Tran"si*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Tran"si*tive*ness}, n.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A relation R is transitive if x R y & y R z => x R z. Equivalence relations, pre-, partial and total orders are all transitive. |
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