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TRANSITIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The grammatical relation created by a transitive verb
Synonyms:
transitiveness; transitivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("transitiveness" is a kind of...):
grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)
Derivation:
transitive (designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning)