单词 | transitive |
释义 | Word Frequency transitive(ˈtrænsɪtɪv) adjective Compare intransitive 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 Derived forms transitively (ˈtransitively) adverb transitivity (ˌtransiˈtivity) or transitiveness (ˈtransitiveness) noun Word origin C16: from Late Latin transitīvus from Latin transitus a going over; see transient |
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