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Word entry · 10 letters

transitive

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"Needs an object"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aeiinrsttvStarts with TEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning

Word origin

From Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, from trāns (“across”) + itus, from eō (“to go”).

Used in a sentence

  • For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.
  • By far the greater part of the transitive or derivative applications of words depend on casual and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the fancy.
  • The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem".

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Needs an object10 letters
02Object-taking verb10 letters

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