2007-02-06 09:14:21 · 2 answers · asked by rk 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
transitive
One entry found for transitive.
Main Entry: tran·si·tive
Pronunciation: 'tran(t)-s&-tiv, 'tran-z&-; 'tran(t)s-tiv
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin transitivus, from Latin transitus, past participle of transire
1 : characterized by having or containing a direct object
2 : being or relating to a relation with the property that if the relation holds between a first element and a second and between the second element and a third, it holds between the first and third elements
3 : of, relating to, or characterized by transition
- tran·si·tive·ly adverb
- tran·si·tive·ness noun
- tran·si·tiv·i·ty /"tran(t)-s&-'ti-v&-tE, "tran-z&-/ noun
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source in·tran·si·tive (ĭn-trān'sĭ-tĭv, -zĭ-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Abbr. intr. or int. or i.
Designating a verb or verb construction that does not require or cannot take a direct object, as snow or sleep.
2007-02-06 19:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by Smurf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A transitive verb is a verb that takes an object. eg I kicked the ball. Kicked is the verb, and what you kicked is the object. So this verb is transitive
An intransitive verb is a verb that doesn't take an object, eg I laughed.
You don't laugh an object, you just laugh, so this is an intransitive verb.
Do you understand?
2007-02-08 15:07:16 · answer #2 · answered by Karen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋