ditransitive
adjective/daɪˈtrænzətɪv/
/daɪˈtrænzətɪv/
(grammar)- (of verbs) used with two objects. In the sentence ‘I gave her the book’, for example, the verb ‘give’ is ditransitive and ‘her’ and ‘the books’ are both objects.
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