meaning of transitive
1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage.
2. Effected by transference of signification.
3. Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book.
4. designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning
Related Words
transitive | transitive verb | transitive verb form | transitively | transitiveness |
