VERB | change | transitivize, transitivise | make transitive |
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Meaning | make transitive. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "adding 'out' to many verbs transitivizes them" | |
Synonym | transitivise | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Opposite | detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise | Intransitivize |
Spanish | transitivizar | |
Catalan | transitivitzar | |
Adjectives | transitive | designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning / meaning |
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