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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•si•tive /ˈtrænsɪtɪv, -zɪ-/USA pronunciation adj. - Grammarof or relating to a verb that takes a direct object and from which a passive can be formed:The verbs deny, put, and elect are transitive verbs.
n. [countable] - Grammara transitive verb.
tran•si•tive•ly, adv. tran•si•tive•ness, tran•si•tiv•i•ty /ˌtrænsɪˈtɪvɪti, -zɪ-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•si•tive (tran′si tiv, -zi-),USA pronunciation adj. - [Gram.]having the nature of a transitive verb.
- characterized by or involving transition;
transitional;
intermediate. - passing over to or affecting something else;
transeunt. - [Math.]noting a relation in which one element in relation to a second element and the second in relation to a third element implies the first element is in relation to the third element, as the relation "less than or equal to.''
n. - [Gram.]See transitive verb.
- Late Latin trānsitīvus, equivalent. to Latin trānsit(us) (see transition) + -īvus -ive
- 1550–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: transitive /ˈtrænsɪtɪv/ adj - 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
- (as noun): these verbs are transitives
- 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
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin transitīvus from Latin transitus a going over; see transientˈtransitively adv ˌtransiˈtivity, ˈtransitiveness n |