transitive

(trăn'sĭ-tĭv, -zĭ-)
adj.

1. (Abbr. trans. or tr. or t.) Grammar. Expressing an action carried from the subject to the object; requiring a direct object to complete meaning. Used of a verb or verb construction.
2. Characterized by or involving transition.
3. Logic & Mathematics. Of or relating to a relationship between three elements such that if the relationship holds between the first and second elements and between the second and third elements, it necessarily holds between the first and third elements. Examples of transitive relationships are equality for numbers and divisibility for integers.

n. Grammar
A transitive verb.

[Late Latin trānsitīvus, passing over (translation of Greek diabibastikos), from trānsitus, past participle of trānsīre, to go over. See transient.]

transitively tran'si·tive·ly adv.
transitiveness tran'si·tive·ness or tran'si·tiv'i·ty n.

A relation is transitive if whenever Rxy and Ryz then Rxz. For example, if x is taller than y, and y is taller than z, then x is taller than z.

IN BRIEF: Designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning.

The transitive verb is incomplete without a direct object.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - transitiv
n. - transitiv

idioms:

• transitive verb    transitiv verbum

Nederlands (Dutch)
overgankelijk

Français (French)
adj. - transitif
n. - (Ling) verbe transitif

idioms:

• transitive verb    (Ling) verbe transitif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - transitiv
n. - Transitiv

idioms:

• transitive verb    Transitiv, transitives Verb

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (γραμμ., φιλοσ.) μεταβατικός
n. - μεταβατικό ρήμα

idioms:

• transitive verb    (γραμμ.) μεταβατικό ρήμα

Italiano (Italian)
transitivo

idioms:

• transitive verb    verbo transitivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - transitivo (m)
n. - verbo transitivo (m)

idioms:

• transitive verb    verbo transitivo (m)

Русский (Russian)
переходный

idioms:

• transitive verb    переходный глагол

Español (Spanish)
adj. - transitivo
n. - transitivo

idioms:

• transitive verb    verbo transitivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - transitiv
n. - transitivt verb

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
及物的, 转变的, 过渡的, 可递的, 可迁的, 及物动词

idioms:

• transitive verb    及物动词

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 及物的, 轉變的, 過渡的, 可遞的, 可遷的
n. - 及物動詞

idioms:

• transitive verb    及物動詞

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 타동[사]의, 과도적인
n. - 타동사

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 他動詞の
n. - 他動詞

idioms:

• transitive verb    他動詞

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) انتقالي, متعد (الاسم) فعل متعد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יוצא (פועל)‬
n. - ‮פועל יוצא‬

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