transitive
adjective/ˈtrænzətɪv/
/ˈtrænzətɪv/
(grammar)- (of verbs) used with a direct object
- In ‘She wrote a letter’, the verb ‘wrote’ is transitive and the word ‘letter’ is the direct object.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTransitive is used with these nouns:- verb
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘transitory’): from late Latin transitivus, from transit- ‘gone across’, from transire ‘go across’.Definitions on the go
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