transitiveness

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{i} temporariness, impermanence
The quality of being transitive
transitive
: Of a verb, that takes an object or objects. (compare with: intransitive.)

Men have tried to turn revolutionise from a transitive to an intransitive verb.

transitive
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. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Poet.

transitive
: Of a relation R on a set S, such that if xRy and yRz, then xRz for all members x, y and z of S (that is, if the relation applies from one element to a second, and from the second to a third, then it also applies from the first element to the third)

Is an ancestor of is a transitive relation.

transitive
{a} having the power of passing over
transitive
a word describing a verb that is always used with a direct object
transitive
Of a relation R on a set S, such that if xRy and yRz, then xRz for all members x, y and z of S (that is, if the relation applies from one element to a second, and from the second to a third, then it also applies from the first element to the third)
transitive
A transitive verb has a direct object. intransitive. a transitive verb must have an object, for example the verb 'break' in the sentence 'I broke the cup'. Transitive verbs are marked in this dictionary ditransitive, intransitive intransitive (transitivus, from transire; TRANSIENT)
transitive
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; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book
transitive
designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning
transitive
Affected by transference of signification
transitive
{i} (Grammar) verb accompanied by a direct object (e.g.: "The girl has a doge")
transitive
{s} having a direct object (Grammar); temporary, impermanent, intermediate
transitive
The second word is the predicate of an argument in one of the first word's cases, the second case unless otherwise noted (Tone `=' )
transitive
Having the power of making a transit, or passage
transitive
A relation R on a set S is transitive provided that for all x,y and z in S such that xRy and yRz, we also have xRz (e g x better than y, y better than z, then x better than z)
transitive
Of a verb, that takes an object or objects. (compare with: intransitive.)
transitive
Effected by transference of signification
transitiveness
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