Definition of TRANSITIVE

transitive

Plural: transitives

Noun

  • a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
  • A transitive verb.

Adjective

  • designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning

Adj

  • Making a transit or passage.
  • Affected by transference of signification.
  • Taking a direct object or objects.
  • Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c.
  • Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
  • Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
  • Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property.

Examples

  • "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.
  • The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem".

Origin / Etymology

From Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, from trāns (“across”) + itus, from eō (“to go”).

Synonyms

transitive verb, transitive verb form

Scrabble Score: 13

transitive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
transitive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
transitive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

transitive: valid Words With Friends Word