Transitivity example sentences

transitivity

definition

  - noun form of transitive

tran·si·tive

adjective

transitive (adjective)

  - (of a verb or a sense or use of a verb) able to take a direct object (expressed or implied), e.g. saw in he saw the donkey. The opposite of intransitive

  - (of a relation) such that, if it applies between successive members of a sequence, it must also apply between any two members taken in order. For instance, if A is larger than B, and B is larger than C, then A is larger than C.

  - a transitive verb.

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