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/ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/ English

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  1. Making a transit or passage.
  2. Affected by transference of signification.
  3. (grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.“The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem".”
  4. (of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z.“"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.”

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