transitive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   (of a verb) Needing a direct object to complete its meaning.

   The verb "hit" is transitive because you must hit something.

2. 2
   noun

   A verb that requires a direct object.

   In grammar class we learned to tell transitives from intransitives.

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

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