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nouna verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
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adjectivedesignating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaningOpposite:
Definition that contains transitive
- transitivise make transitive
- transitively in a transitive manner
- intransitively in an intransitive manner
- transitivity the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb
- transitiveness the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb
- intransitiveness the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb
- transitivize make transitive
- doubly transitive verb a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object
- intransitivity the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb
- doubly transitive verb form a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object