Topic: GRAMMAR
| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Late Latin |
| Origin: | transitivus, from Latin transire; TRANSIENT1 |
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tran‧si‧tive
technical
technicalSLG a transitive verb must have an object, for example the verb 'break' in the sentence 'I broke the cup'. Transitive verbs are marked [T] in this dictionary [↪ ditransitive, intransitive]
—transitively adverb
—transitivity
noun [uncountable]
noun [uncountable]