transitive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/
- trăn'zĭtĭv
Etymology
From Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, from trāns (“across”) + itus, from eō (“to go”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Making a transit or passage.
For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.
1841-1843, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Poet:
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(not-comparable) Affected by transference of signification.
By far the greater part of the transitive or derivative applications of words depend on casual and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the fancy.
1843, John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive:
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(not-comparable, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.
Men have tried to turn "revolutionise" from a transitive to an intransitive verb.
1908, G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy:The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem".
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(not-comparable, of a relation on a set) 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.
"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.
- (not-comparable, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
- (not-comparable, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
- (not-comparable) Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property.
Antonyms
nontransitive · intransitive · intransitive
Deriveds
ambitransitive · transitive verb · transitive animate · transitivize · transitivism · indirect transitive · supertransitive · transitivity · ditransitive · monotransitive · complex transitive · unitransitive · transitive closure · transitivization · transitive dependency · tritransitive · transitiveness · transitive set · quasi-transitive · transitively · bitransitive · untransitive · doubly transitive · semi-transitive
Relateds
Translations (105)
sq kalimtar (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · cs přechodný (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · grc διαβιβαστικός (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · cs tranzitivní (set theory, of a relation on a set) · ja 他動 (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · uk перехідни́й (set theory, of a relation on a set) · is gegnvirkur (set theory, of a relation on a set) · bg прехо́ден (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · nrf transitif (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · es transitivo (making a transit or passage) · pl tranzytywny (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · cy anghyflawn (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · pt transitório (making a transit or passage) · nl overdrachtelijk (affected by transference of signification) · be перахо́дны (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · it transitivo (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · sh trȁnzitīvan (set theory, of a relation on a set) · gd asdolach (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · fi transitiivinen (of a group action) · ru перехо́дный (set theory, of a relation on a set) · sh prijélazan (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · uk перехідни́й (making a transit or passage) · ga aistreach (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · ml സകർമ്മകക്രിയ (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · sh prélazan (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · gd aisigeach (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · fi muuttuva (affected by transference of signification) · uk перехідни́й (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · pt transitivo (of a group action) · bg преходен (making a transit or passage) · fi transitiivinen (set theory, of a relation on a set) · ar مُتَعَدٍّ (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · tl palipat (set theory, of a relation on a set) · fi kulkeva (making a transit or passage) · oc transitiu (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · nl transitief (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · fr transitif (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · fi transitiivinen (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · ro tranzitiv (set theory, of a relation on a set) · cmn 及物 (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · ru перехо́дный (making a transit or passage) · zza ravêrdın (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · grc μεταβατικός (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · hy անցողական (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · es transitivo (of a graph) · ko 타동 (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · eo transitiva (of a graph) · tr geçişli (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · ca transitiu (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · el μεταβατικός (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · fi transitiivinen (of a graph) · cy trosaidd (set theory, of a relation on a set) · hu tárgyas (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · ka გარდამავალი (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · mn тусах (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · sv transitiv (set theory, of a relation on a set) · grc ἀλλοπαθής (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · pl tranzytywny (of a graph) · fr transitif (set theory, of a relation on a set) · pl przechodni (set theory, of a relation on a set) · cmn 传递性 (set theory, of a relation on a set) · pl tranzytywny (set theory, of a relation on a set) · he טרנזיטיבי (of a graph) · sh прије́лазан (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · pt transitivo (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · fr transitif (of a group action) · vi ngoại (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · es transitivo (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · az təsirli (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · de transitiv (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · fi siirtyvä (making a transit or passage) · no transitiv (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · sh тра̏нзитӣван (set theory, of a relation on a set) · sl prehoden (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · es transitivo (set theory, of a relation on a set) · sk prechodný (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · uk о́бразний (affected by transference of signification) · ja 推移的 (set theory, of a relation on a set) · pl przechodni (making a transit or passage) · vo loveädik (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · fr transitif (of a graph) · pt transitivo (set theory, of a relation on a set) · eo transitiva (set theory, of a relation on a set) · de transitiv (set theory, of a relation on a set) · mk преоден (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · eo transitiva (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · kmr têper (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · gd aistreach (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · pl zmieniający się (affected by transference of signification) · nl overgankelijk (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · pl przechodni (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · ru перехо́дный (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · da transitiv (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · pl tranzytywny (of a group action) · gl transitivo (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · he יוֹצֵא (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · pt transitivo (making a transit or passage) · sh пре́лазан (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · sv transitiv (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · hi सकर्मक (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · es transitivo (of a group action) · ca transitiu (making a transit or passage) · kmr gerguhêz (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects) · ro tranzitiv (making a transit or passage) · ro tranzitiv (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects)