transitive verb

Other forms: transitive verbs

Definitions of transitive verb
  1. noun
    a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
    synonyms: transitive, transitive verb form
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    types:
    doubly transitive verb, doubly transitive verb form
    a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object
    type of:
    verb
    the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
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