transitivity
The degree in which any one verb can take or govern objectsThe degree in which any one verb can take or govern objects.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The degree in which any one verb can take or govern objects.
There are 3 cardinal degrees of transitivity of any one verb: intransitive, monotransitive and ditransitive.
Transitivität
перехо́дностьperexódnostʹ, транзити́вностьtranzitívnostʹ
перехі́дністьperexídnistʹ, транзити́вністьtranzytývnistʹ
(countable, uncountable)The property of being transitive.
The hypothetical syllogism inference rule states the transitivity of implication.
the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb
Translations
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Origin
From French transitivité. Morphologically transitive + -ity.From French transitivité. Morphologically transitive + -ity.
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Forms
plural: transitivities| Singular | transitivity |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb:transitiveness
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.