Transitive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. having the nature of a transitive verb.
  2. characterized by or involving transition; transitional; intermediate.
  3. passing over to or affecting something else; transeunt.
  4. 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.”
noun
  1. a transitive verb.
adjective
  1. grammar
    • denoting an occurrence of a verb when it requires a direct object or denoting a verb that customarily requires a direct object
    • (as noun)
  2. 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. 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
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