ADJECTIVE | all | transitive | designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning / meaning |
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NOUN | communication | transitive, transitive verb, transitive verb form | a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical |
Meaning | Designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning / meaning. | |
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Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
Opposite | intransitive | Designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object |
Spanish | transitivo | |
Catalan | transitiu | |
Nouns | transitivity, transitiveness | the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb |
Adverbs | transitively | in a transitive manner |
Verbs | transitivize | make transitive |
Meaning | A verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical. | |
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Synonyms | transitive verb, transitive verb form | |
Narrower | doubly transitive verb, doubly transitive verb form | A transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object |
Broader | verb | The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence |
Spanish | verbo transitivo | |
Catalan | verb transitiu |
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