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transitive

[ tran-si-tiv, -zi- ]

adjective

  1. Grammar. 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. Mathematics. 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. Grammar. a transitive verb.

transitive

/ ˈٰæԲɪɪ /

adjective

  1. grammar
    1. 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

    2. ( as noun )

      these verbs are transitives

  2. grammar 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. logic maths 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

transitive

/ ٰăĭ-ĭ /

  1. Of or relating to a mathematical or logical relation between three elements such that if the relation holds between the first and second elements and between the second and third elements, it necessarily holds between the first and third elements. The relation of being greater than in mathematics is transitive, since if a > b and b > c, then a > c.
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٰԲˈپٲ, noun
  • ˈٰԲپ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٰs·پ· adverb
  • ٰs·پ·Ա ٰȴ·پi·ٲ noun
  • ԴDz·ٰs·پ adjective noun
  • non·ٰs·پ· adverb
  • non·ٰs·پ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ٰs·پ adjective
  • un·ٰs·پ· adverb
  • un·ٰs·پ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transitive1

First recorded in 1550–60; from Late Latin ٰԲīܲ, equivalent to Latin ٰԲ(ܲ) ( transition ) + -īܲ -ive
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transitive1

C16: from Late Latin ٰԲīܲ from Latin transitus a going over; see transient
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Example Sentences

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That’s a valid deduction because the relation “is older than” obeys the transitive property.

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Missing hyphens or incorrect capitalization, ambiguities about singular and plural nouns or transitive and intransitive verbs — no question is too insignificant.

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Missing hyphens or incorrect capitalization, ambiguities about singular and plural nouns or transitive and intransitive verbs - no question is too insignificant.

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This demonstrates the fundamental difference between a talk-variety show where the title delineates the host by using a preposition, "with," instead of a transitive verb, i.e, "starring."

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But Battlefield bowed out to Colonial Forge, and Patriot settled for revenge via transitive property.

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