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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality of being transitive. uncountable

   "Meditation on the transitiveness of the world and the incertitude of life are the favorite themes of Kabir."

2. 2
   the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb wordnet

Synonyms

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transitivitytransitivity

Example

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"Meditation on the transitiveness of the world and the incertitude of life are the favorite themes of Kabir."

Etymology

From transitive + -ness.

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