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Meaning of transitive

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

transitive

Pronunciation:/ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Making a transit or passage.

  2. Affected by transference of signification.

  3. (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
  4. (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