transitive
/ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Affected by transference of signification.
adj
Taking a direct object or objects.
adj
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.
adj
Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
adj
Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
adj
Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property.
noun
Example Sentences
- "For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead."
- "By far the greater part of the transitive or derivative applications of words depend on casual and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the fancy."
- "The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem"."
- "Men have tried to turn "revolutionise" from a transitive to an intransitive verb."
- ""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."
- "This means that subcategorization properties do not allow us to distinguish between transitives and intransitives (both types of verbs are allowed, but not obliged, to take a direct object)."