"ditransitive" meaning in English

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        "2": ":af",
        "3": "di-",
        "4": "transitive",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish di-\nEnglish transitive\nEnglish ditransitive\nFrom di- + transitive.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish di-\nEnglish transitive\nEnglish ditransitive\nFrom di- + transitive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ditransitives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ditransitive (plural ditransitives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdaɪˈtɹæn.zə.tɪv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdaɪˈt͡ʃɹæn.zə.tɪv/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ditransitive.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ditransitive.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ditransitive"
}