transitive
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/ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Making a transit or passage.
- Affected by transference of signification.
- (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".”
- (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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Synonyms
transportableconveyabletransmissiblemovablemobiletransferablepassableoperativeportablerelationalmigratoryorderedcausativeshiftingdirectproductive