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Definition of ditransitive adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

ditransitive

adjective

NAmE//daɪˈtrænsət̮ɪv//

, NAmE//daɪˈtrænzət̮ɪv//

(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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Nearby words

dither verb
dither noun
ditransitive adjective
ditsy
ditto noun