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transitivity

/ˌtɹænzɪˈtɪvɪti/

transitivity noun: the degree in which any one verb can take or govern objects.

Noun

transitivity (countable and uncountable, plural transitivities)

  1. The degree in which any one verb can take or govern objects.
    • There are 3 cardinal degrees of transitivity of any one verb: intransitive, monotransitive and ditransitive.
  2. The property of being transitive.
    • The hypothetical syllogism inference rule states the transitivity of implication.

transitivity meaning in Tamil

transitivity in Tamil

கடப்பு, கடப்புத்தன்மை

Forms of transitivity

pluraltransitivities

Origin of transitivity

From French transitivité. Morphologically transitive + -ity.

Questions about transitivity

What does transitivity mean?
Transitivity means the degree in which any one verb can take or govern objects.
What is transitivity in Tamil?
Transitivity in Tamil is கடப்பு, கடப்புத்தன்மை. See Transitivity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is transitivity?
Transitivity is a noun.
How do you pronounce transitivity?
Transitivity is pronounced /ˌtɹænzɪˈtɪvɪti/.
What is the plural of transitivity?
The plural of transitivity is transitivities.

Words near transitivity in the dictionary

  1. transitively
  2. transitiveness
  3. transitives
  4. transitivism
  5. transitivities
  6. transitivity
  7. transitivizable
  8. transitivization
  9. transitivize
  10. transitivized
  11. transitivizer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: transitivity (page history and authors); transitivity (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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