transitive /ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/adjective 7noun 1forms 1 adjective7 •Taking a direct object or objects.The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem". •Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c."Is an ancestor of" is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol. •Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property. •Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second. •Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other. •Making a transit or passage.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. — 1841 •Affected by transference of signification.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. — 1843 noun1 •A transitive verb.This means that subcategorization properties do not allow us to distinguish between transitives and intransitives (both types of verbs are allowed, but not obliged, to take a direct object). — 2011 formstransitives
