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transitive

DEFINITIONS OF: transitive

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adj designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning

Antonyms:
intransitive
designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object

n a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

Synonyms:
transitive verb, transitive verb form
Types:
doubly transitive verb, doubly transitive verb form
a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object
Type of:
verb
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
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