adjective. Expressing an action carried from the subject to the object; requiring a direct object to complete meaning. Used of a verb or verb construction.

adjective. Characterized by or involving transition.

adjective. Of or relating to a binary relation such that, whenever one element is related to a second element and the second element is related to a third element, then the first element is also related to the third element. Examples of transitive relations are “less than” for real numbers (a < b and b < c implies a < c) and divisibility for integers (a divides b and b divides c mean that a divides c).

noun. A transitive verb.

In Eskimo gram., noting the case expressing the subject of a transitive verb and the owner of an object. Also called subjective.

In mathematics, having the quality or power of transmutation, transmission, or transition: as, a group transitive in respect of a set of objects.

Having the power of passing, or making transition; passing over into something.

Effected by, or existing as the result of, transference or extension of signification; derivative; secondary; metaphorical.

In grammar, taking a direct object; followed by a substantive in an accusative relation: said of a verb, or of the action expressed by a verb.

Serving as a medium or means of transition.

noun. A transitive verb.

adjective. Having the power of making a transit, or passage.

adjective. Effected by transference of signification.

adjective. Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense.

adjective. Making a transit or passage.

adjective. Affected by transference of signification.

adjective. Taking an object or objects.

adjective. 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.

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

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

"One metric of trust is transitive, that is, the trustworthiness of the people who trust someone."

intransitive  nontransitive  

transitive copula  transitive function  transitive group  transitive relation  

verb  

doubly transitive verb  doubly transitive verb form  

active-transitive  agent  apodictic  associative  causative  

adjectival  adverbial  attributive  auxiliary  auxiliary verb