different between transitive vs ditransitive

English

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsit?vus, from tr?nsitus, from tr?ns (“across”) + itus, from e? (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?n'z?t?v, IPA^(key): /?t?ænz?t?v/

Adjective

transitive (not comparable)

1. Making a transit or passage.
2. Affected by transference of signification.
3. (grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.

   Antonym: intransitive
4. (set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z.

   Antonyms: intransitive, nontransitive

5. (algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
6. (graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• reflexive
• symmetric

References

• transitive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• revisitant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???.zi.tiv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: transitives

Adjective

transitive

1. feminine singular of transitif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

transitive

1. inflection of transitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

transitive

1. feminine plural of transitivo

Anagrams

• intervista, intestarvi, intraviste, rinvestita, rinvitaste, strinatevi, vetrinista

Latin

Adjective

tr?nsit?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of tr?nsit?vus

English

Etymology

di- +? transitive

Adjective

ditransitive (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).

   • So far, we have considered only transitive Verbs which take a single NP Complement. However, there are a subset of transitive Verbs (known as ditransitive Verbs) which can take two NP Complements, as illustrated in (16) below (where the NP Complements are bracketed):
     (16) (a)      John gave [Mary] [a present]
     (16) (b)      The postman handed [me] [a parcel]
     (16) (c)      He showed [her] [his credentials]
     (16) (d)      He sent [his mother] [some flowers]
     (16) (e)      Never promise [anyone] [anything]
     The relevant subcategorisation frame for Verbs used in this construction will be [— NP NP], indicating that they can take two NP Complements.

Hypernyms

• transitive

Derived terms

• ditransitivity

Related terms

• ambitransitive
• intransitive
• transitive

Translations

Noun

ditransitive (plural ditransitives)

1. (linguistics) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.