Definition of TRANSITIVE

transitive

Meanings

Plural: transitives

Noun

  • a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
  • A transitive verb.

Adjective

  • designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning

Adj

  • Making a transit or passage.
  • Affected by transference of signification.
  • Taking a direct object or objects.
  • Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c.
  • Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
  • Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
  • Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, from trāns (“across”) + itus, from eō (“to go”).

Synonyms

transitive verb, transitive verb form

Scrabble Score: 13

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Words With Friends Score: 15

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