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English

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Set theory: An example of a transitivity relation.

Etymology

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From Latin trānsitīvus , from trānsitus , from trāns ("across") + itus , from eō ("to go").

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transitive (not comparable )

  1. Making a transit or passage.
    • 1841-1843, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Poet:
      For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.
  2. Affected by transference of signification.
    • 1843, John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive:
      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.
  3. (grammar , of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.
    Antonym: intransitive
    The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem".
    • 1908, G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy:
      Men have tried to turn "revolutionise" from a transitive to an intransitive verb.
  4. (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.
    Antonyms: intransitive , nontransitive
    "Is an ancestor of" is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol.
  5. (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. (graph theory , of a graph ) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
  7. (probability) Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property.

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Translations

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making a transit or passage
affected by transference of signification
grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects
set theory, of a relation on a set
of a group action
of a graph

See also

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Noun

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transitive (plural transitives )

  1. (grammar ) A transitive verb.
    • 2011, Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, The Syntax of Romanian: Comparative Studies in Romance, page 136:
      This means that subcategorization properties do not allow us to distinguish between transitives and intransitives (both types of verbs are allowed, but not obliged, to take a direct object).

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French

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transitive

  1. feminine singular of transitif

German

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transitive

  1. inflection of transitiv :
    1. strong /mixed nominative /accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative /accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine /neuter singular

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA (key): /tran.siˈti.ve/, /tran.ziˈti.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: tran‧si‧tì‧ve

Adjective

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transitive f pl

  1. feminine plural of transitivo

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Latin

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Adjective

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trānsitīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of trānsitīvus

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