Associations to the word «Transitive»

TRANSITIVE, adjective. Making a transit or passage.

TRANSITIVE, adjective. Affected by transference of signification.

TRANSITIVE, adjective. (grammar) (of a verb) Taking an object or objects.

TRANSITIVE, adjective. (set theory) (of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z.

TRANSITIVE, adjective. (algebra) (of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.

TRANSITIVE ANIMATE, adjective. (of a verb in an Algonquian language) Belonging to the class of transitive verbs that take animate direct objects.

TRANSITIVE DEPENDENCY, noun. (computing) An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.

TRANSITIVE VERB, noun. (grammar): A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject.

TRANSITIVE VERBS, noun. Plural of transitive verb

TRANSITIVE, noun. A verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical.

TRANSITIVE, adjective. Designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning.