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transitiveness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English transitive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English transitiveness From transitive + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being transitive.
    • Meditation on the transitiveness of the world and the incertitude of life are the favorite themes of Kabir. 1971, Yogananda, Self-realization Magazine: