transitive

 
Pronunciation: /ˈtransɪtɪv, ˈtrɑːns-, -nz-/

adjective

  • 1 Grammar (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.
  • 2 Logic & Mathematics (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.

Derivatives

transitively

adverb

transitiveness

noun

transitivity

Pronunciation: /-ˈtɪvɪti/
noun

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'transitory'): from late Latin transitivus, from transit- 'gone across' (see transit)