transitive
Pronunciation:
/ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/adjective
Definitions
Making a transit or passage.
Affected by transference of signification.
(grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.
Example: The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem".
Antonyms:intransitive(of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z.
Example: "Is an ancestor of" is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol.
Antonyms:intransitivenontransitive