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doubly transitive

doubly transitive adjective: synonym of ditransitive.

Adjective

doubly transitive (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of ditransitive.
    • Verbs that are doubly transitive, or that take a complement in the accusative in addition to a direct object, retain the accusative second object or complement in the passive voice.1994, Wheeler M. Thackston, chapter 21, in An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic: An Elementary Grammar of the Language, page 124
    Synonyms:
    ditransitive

Synonyms of doubly transitive

Questions about doubly transitive

What does doubly transitive mean?
Doubly transitive means synonym of ditransitive.
What part of speech is doubly transitive?
Doubly transitive is an adjective.

Words near doubly transitive in the dictionary

  1. doubly even
  2. doubly incontinent
  3. doubly infinite
  4. doubly labeled water
  5. doubly magic
  6. doubly transitive
  7. doubly-linked
  8. doublé
  9. doublés
  10. Doubs
  11. doubt

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