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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  transitive
       
          A relation R is transitive if x R y  &  y R z  =>  x R z.
          Equivalence relations, pre-, partial and total orders are all
          transitive.
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Transitive \Tran"si*tive\, a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif.
     See Transient.]
     1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.]
        --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Effected by transference of signification.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.                                --Stewart.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Gram.) 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.
        [1913 Webster] -- Tran"si*tive*ly, adv. --
        Tran"si*tive*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Transitive \Tran"si*tive\, a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif.
     See Transient.]
     1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.]
        --Bacon.
  
     2. Effected 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.                                --Stewart.
  
     3. (Gram.) 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. --
        Tran"si*tive*ly, adv. -- Tran"si*tive*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  transitive
       adj : designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete
             the meaning [ant: intransitive]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  transitive
     Αγγλικά a.
     μεταβατικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  transitive
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr transitif)
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: transitiv)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la trānsitīvus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  transitive
     a.
     1 Making a (l en transit) or passage.
     2 Affected by (l en transference) of signification.
     3 (senseid en taking a direct object) (lb en grammar of a verb)
  Taking a (l en direct object) or objects.
     4 (senseid en set theory) (lb en set theory of a relation on a set)
  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''.
     5 (lb en algebra of a group action) Such that, for any two elements
  of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
     6 (lb en graph theory of a graph) Such that, for any two vertex there
  exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
     n.
     (lb en grammar) A transitive verb.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  transitive
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr transitif)
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: transitiv)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la trānsitīvus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  transitive
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr transitif)
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: transitiv)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la trānsitīvus  voc m s)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  transitive
     Italia a.
     (it-a-taivm t ransitiv e)
     Ranska a.
     (fr-a-taivm transit ive)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  transitive
     Engelska a.
     1 (tagg lingvistik språk=en) transitiv
     2 (tagg matematik språk=en) transitiv

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Transitive /tɹˈansɪtˌɪv/
  متعدي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  transitive //ˈtɹænzɪtɪv// 
  1. прехо́ден
  grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects
  2. преходен
  making a transit or passage

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  transitive /tɹˈansɪtˌɪv/ 
  přechodný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  transitive /tɹˈansɪtˌɪv/ 
  tranzitivní

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  transitive /tɹˈansɪtˌɪv/
  transitiv  [ling.]

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  transitive //ˈtɹænzɪtɪv// 
  1. muuttuva
  affected by transference of signification
  2. transitiivinen 2.
  grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects
   3.
  of a graph
   4.
  of a group action
   5.
  set theory, of a relation on a set
  3. kulkeva, siirtyvä
  making a transit or passage

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  transitive /trænsətiv/
  transitif

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  transitive /tɹˈansɪtˌɪv/ 
  1. सकर्मक
        "transitive verb has object."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  transitive /tɹˈansɪtˌɪv/
  prelazni

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  transitive /tɹˈansɪtˌɪv/
  tárgyas

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  transitive //ˈtɹænzɪtɪv// 
  1. 他動, 他動詞
  grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects
  2. 推移的, 他動詞
  set theory, of a relation on a set

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  transitive /trænsətiv/
  pereinąs, pereinamas

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  transitive /trænsətiv/
  overgankelijk, transitief

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  transitive //ˈtɹænzɪtɪv// 
  transitiv
  grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  transitive /ˈtrænzɪtɪv/ 
    przechodni

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  transitive /trænsətiv/
  transitivo

From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-rom ]

  transitive /tɹˈansɪtˌɪv/
  1. tranzitiv
  2. tranzitivitate

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  transitive /trænsətiv/
  activo, transitivo

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  transitive //ˈtɹænzɪtɪv// 
  transitiv 2.
  grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects
   3.
  set theory, of a relation on a set

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  transitive /tɹˈansɪtˌɪv/
  1. geçme veya geçirme kabiliyeti olan
  2. (gram.) nesneli, geçişli
  3. geçişli fiil. transitively  geçişli olarak.

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/tɾanˈziːtiːfə/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/tʁɑ̃zitiv/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "transitive":
     adjectival, adverbial, attributive, auxiliary, auxiliary verb,
     brittle, capricious, changeable, conjunctive, copula, copulative,
     correct, corruptible, deciduous, defective verb, deponent verb,
     dying, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, finite verb,
     fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, formal, fragile, frail,
     fugacious, fugitive, functional, glossematic, grammatic,
     impermanent, impersonal verb, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant,
     infinitive, insubstantial, intransitive, intransitive verb,
     linking, linking verb, modal auxiliary, momentary, mortal, mutable,
     neuter verb, nominal, nondurable, nonpermanent, participial,
     passing, perishable, postpositional, prepositional, pronominal,
     short-lived, structural, substantive, syntactic, tagmemic,
     temporal, temporary, transient, transitory, undurable, unenduring,
     unstable, verb, verb phrase, verbal, volatile
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 及物的
     n. 及物动词

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