transitive
pronunciation
How to pronounce transitive in British English: UK [ˈtrænsətɪv]
How to pronounce transitive in American English: US [ˈtrænsɪtɪv, -zɪ-]
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- Adjective:
- designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning
Word Origin
- transitive (adj.)
- "taking a direct object" (of verbs), 1570s (implied in transitively), from Late Latin transitivus (Priscian) "transitive," literally "passing over (to another person)," from transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Related: Transitively.
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Example
- 1. This may happen if this trust is not marked as a forest transitive trust .
- 2. Most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in german .
- 3. Simply allowing time to pass enabled the brain to calculate and learn these transitive inferences .
- 4. A tree holds one or more domain and domain trees , again linked in a transitive trust hierarchy .
- 5. This trust is forest transitive . Users from indirectly trusted domains within the enterprise may authenticate in the trusting enterprise .