transitive
adjective
1. designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning
Sentences with transitive as an adjective:
- The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem".
- "Is an ancestor of" is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol.
noun
1. a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
Definition categories: communication, verb