transitive verb
transitive verb noun: a verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject.
Noun
transitive verb (plural transitive verbs)
- A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject.
transitive verb meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
transitive verb in Tamil
- a verb that is accompanied by a direct object
- செயப்படுபொருள்குன்றாதவினை ceyappaṭuporuḷkuṉṟātaviṉai
transitive verb in Urdu
- transitive verb
- فعل متعدی fe'l-e-muta'adī
transitive verb in Bengali
- transitive verb
- সকর্মক ক্রিয়া śôkôrmôk kria
transitive verb in Telugu
- transitive verb
- కర్మణిక్రియ karmaṇikriya, సకర్మకము sakarmakamu
More languagesFewer languages
- transitive verb in Tagalog
- pandiwang palipat
- transitive verb in Arabic
- فِعْل مُتَعَدٍّ fiʕl mutaʕaddin
- transitive verb in Persian
- فعل متعدی fe'le mota'addi
- transitive verb in Thai
- สกรรมกริยา sà-gam-grì-yaa
- transitive verb in Vietnamese
- ngoại động từ, động từ ngoại hướng, tha động từ
Antonyms of transitive verb
Forms of transitive verb
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Origin of transitive verb
Coined between 1580 and 1590.
Questions about transitive verb
- What does transitive verb mean?
- Transitive verb means a verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject.
- What is transitive verb in Tamil?
- Transitive verb in Tamil is செயப்படுபொருள்குன்றாதவினை (ceyappaṭuporuḷkuṉṟātaviṉai). See Transitive verb meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is transitive verb?
- Transitive verb is a noun.
- What is the plural of transitive verb?
- The plural of transitive verb is transitive verbs.
Words near transitive verb in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: transitive verb (page history and authors); فعل متعدی (Urdu) (page history and authors); সকর্মক ক্রিয়া (Bengali) (page history and authors); కర్మణిక్రియ (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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