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transitives

transitives is the plural of transitive.

Meaning of transitive

Noun

transitive (plural transitives)

  1. A transitive verb.
    • 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).2011, Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, The Syntax of Romanian: Comparative Studies in Romance, page 136

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Questions about transitives

What is transitives the plural of?
Transitives is the plural of transitive.

Words near transitives in the dictionary

  1. transitive sets
  2. transitive verb
  3. transitive verbs
  4. transitively
  5. transitiveness
  6. transitives
  7. transitivism
  8. transitivities
  9. transitivity
  10. transitivizable
  11. transitivization

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