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Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Transitive has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

Adjective
1

designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning

2

Making a transit or passage.

Related Terms
Antonyms
intransitive
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
verb
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
doubly transitive verb

Origin

The word comes from the Latin trānsitīvus, which combines trāns meaning "across" with a form of eō meaning "to go." Originally, it described something that moves across or passes through.

Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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