With verbs there are intransitive verbs that don't take an object, and transitive verbs that do take an object.
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Transitive
/ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/
Synonyms for "transitive" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
adjectivaladverbialattributiveauxiliaryauxiliary verbbrittlecapriciouschangeableconjunctivecopulacopulativecorrectcorruptibledeciduousdefective verbdeponent verbdying
Adjective(1 words)
direct-object-taking
Strong matches (27)
ephemeralevanescentfadingficklefinite verbfleetingflittingfly-by-nightflyingformalfragilefrailfugaciousfugitivefunctionalglossematicgrammaticgrammaticalimpermanentimpersonal verb
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Related words (44)
linkinglinking verbmodal auxiliarymomentarymortalmutableneuter verbnominalnondurablenonpermanentparticipialpassingperishablepostpositionalprepositionalpronominalshort livedshort-livedstructuralsubstantive
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Adjective(7 words)
logical relationobject-governingobject-takingpath relationreachability relationtransitive predicatetransitive relation
Noun(3 words)
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8 entriesbinary relationcomputing conceptgrammatical propertygraph theory conceptlinguistic featurerelation in logicsyntactic categoryverb
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6 entriesCollocations
6 entriestransitive clausetransitive closuretransitive inferencetransitive propertytransitive relationtransitive verb
Inflections
2 entriesmore transitivemost transitive
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The relationship "A loves B" is not reflexive, transitive, or symmetric.
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"Escuchar" is a transitive verb in Spanish, unlike its English equivalent "listen to."
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It's a transitive verb.
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