transitive

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Making a transit or passage.
2. (not-comparable) Affected by transference of signification.
3. (not-comparable) Taking a direct object or objects.
4. (not-comparable) 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.
5. (not-comparable) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
6. (not-comparable) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
7. (not-comparable) Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property.

Noun

A transitive verb.

Opposite of

intransitive, nontransitive

Synonyms

transitive verb

transitional

transient

transitive verb form

passing

Translations

transitif

transitiv

transitief

transitivo

transitivo

overgankelijk

transitivo

μεταβατικός

transitive

geçişli

transitiu

overdrachtelijk

transitiva

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/

Etymology

From Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, from trāns (“across”) + itus, from eō (“to go”).