transitive

adjectivelinguistics

UK /ˈtrænsətɪv/

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a transitive verb has a direct object, and is not normally used without one, for example ‘appoint’, ‘injure’, ‘own’, ‘blame’, and ‘bring up’ (a child). In the sentence ‘Our educational toys support and encourage creative learning’, ‘support’ and ‘encourage’ are transitive verbs. Many transitive verbs are often used without objects, and are labelled ‘intransitive/transitive’ in this dictionary. For example in the sentence ‘We’re looking for teachers who can really teach’, ‘teach’ is intransitive, and in ‘Alex teaches history and politics’, ‘teach’ is transitive.
Synonyms and related words
Describing types and forms of verbs
active
causative
ditransitive
See alsointransitive

单词	transitive
释义	transitive adjectivelinguistics UK /ˈtrænsətɪv/ DEFINITIONS1 1 a transitive verb has a direct object, and is not normally used without one, for example ‘appoint’, ‘injure’, ‘own’, ‘blame’, and ‘bring up’ (a child). In the sentence ‘Our educational toys support and encourage creative learning’, ‘support’ and ‘encourage’ are transitive verbs. Many transitive verbs are often used without objects, and are labelled ‘intransitive/transitive’ in this dictionary. For example in the sentence ‘We’re looking for teachers who can really teach’, ‘teach’ is intransitive, and in ‘Alex teaches history and politics’, ‘teach’ is transitive. Synonyms and related words Describing types and forms of verbs active causative ditransitive See alsointransitive derived word transitively adverb Synonyms and related words Describing types and forms of verbs active causative ditransitive transitive adjectivelinguistics US /ˈtrænzɪtɪv/ DEFINITIONS1 1 a transitive verb has a direct object, and is not normally used without one, for example ‘appoint’, ‘injure’, ‘own’, ‘blame’, and ‘bring up’ (a child). In the sentence ‘Our educational toys support and encourage creative learning’, ‘support’ and ‘encourage’ are transitive verbs. Many transitive verbs are often used without objects, and are labelled ‘intransitive/transitive’ in this dictionary. For example in the sentence ‘We’re looking for teachers who can really teach’, ‘teach’ is intransitive, and in ‘Alex teaches history and politics’, ‘teach’ is transitive. Synonyms and related words Describing types and forms of verbs active causative dynamic derived word transitively adverb Synonyms and related words Describing types and forms of verbs active causative dynamic
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