TOP

Definition of transitive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

transitive

adjective
 
/ˈtrænzətɪv/
 
/ˈtrænzətɪv/
 (grammar)
jump to other results
  1. (of verbs) used with a direct object
    • In ‘She wrote a letter’, the verb ‘wrote’ is transitive and the word ‘letter’ is the direct object.
    opposite intransitiveTopics Languageb1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTransitive is used with these nouns:
    • verb
    See full entry
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘transitory’): from late Latin transitivus, from transit- ‘gone across’, from transire ‘go across’.
See transitive in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee transitive in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
Check pronunciation: transitive

Nearby words

paragraph
noun
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 3000
A1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day