Transitivity (grammatical category) definition

Transitivity (grammatical category)

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noun

(1) The grammatical relation created by a transitive verb

(2) (logic and mathematics) a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third

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transitivity

The degree in which any one verb can take/govern objects.

There are 3 degrees of transitivity of any one verb: intransitive, monotransitive and ditransitive.