English adjective: transitive | |||
1. | transitive designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning | ||
Domain category | grammar | ||
Antonyms | intransitive | ||
English noun: transitive | |||
1. | transitive (communication) a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical | ||
Synonyms | transitive verb, transitive verb form | ||
Broader (hypernym) | verb | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | doubly transitive verb, doubly transitive verb form | ||