"transitive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/ Audio: en-us-transitive.ogg [US]
enPR: trăn'zĭtĭv Etymology: From Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, from trāns (“across”) + itus, from eō (“to go”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|trānsitīvus}} Latin trānsitīvus, {{m|la|trānsitus}} trānsitus, {{m|la|trāns||across}} trāns (“across”), {{m|la|itus}} itus, {{m|la|eō||to go}} eō (“to go”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} transitive (not comparable)
  1. Making a transit or passage. Tags: not-comparable Translations (making a transit or passage): преходен (prehoden) (Bulgarian), transitiu (Catalan), siirtyvä (Finnish), kulkeva (Finnish), transitivo (Portuguese), transitório (Portuguese), tranzitiv (Romanian), перехо́дный (perexódnyj) (Russian), transitivo (Spanish), перехідни́й (perexidnýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-transitive-en-adj-WwljXPPc Disambiguation of 'making a transit or passage': 91 1 2 2 1 1 2
  2. Affected by transference of signification. Tags: not-comparable Translations (affected by transference of signification): overdrachtelijk (Dutch), muuttuva (Finnish), о́бразний (óbraznyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-transitive-en-adj-W243eolG Disambiguation of 'affected by transference of signification': 1 92 3 1 1 2 1
  3. (grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects): kalimtar (Albanian), μεταβατικός (metabatikós) (Ancient Greek), ἀλλοπαθής (allopathḗs) (Ancient Greek), διαβιβαστικός (diabibastikós) (Ancient Greek), مُتَعَدٍّ (mutaʕaddin) [indefinite] (Arabic), անցողական (ancʿoġakan) (Armenian), təsirli (Azerbaijani), перахо́дны (pjeraxódny) (Belarusian), прехо́ден (prehóden) (Bulgarian), transitiu (Catalan), 及物 (jíwù) (Chinese Mandarin), přechodný (Czech), transitiv (Danish), overgankelijk (Dutch), transitief (Dutch), transitiva (Esperanto), transitiivinen (Finnish), transitif (French), transitivo (Galician), გარდამავალი (gardamavali) (Georgian), transitiv (German), μεταβατικός (metavatikós) (Greek), יוֹצֵא (yotsé) (Hebrew), tárgyas (Hungarian), aistreach (Irish), transitivo (Italian), 他動 (tadō) (alt: たどう) (Japanese), 타동 (tadong) (alt: 他動) (Korean), преоден (preoden) (Macedonian), സകർമ്മകക്രിയ (sakaṟmmakakriya) (Malayalam), тусах (tusax) (Mongolian), transitif (Norman), têper (Northern Kurdish), gerguhêz (Northern Kurdish), transitiv (Norwegian), transitiu (Occitan), przechodni (Polish), transitivo (Portuguese), tranzitiv (Romanian), перехо́дный (perexódnyj) (Russian), aisigeach (Scottish Gaelic), aistreach (Scottish Gaelic), asdolach (Scottish Gaelic), пре́лазан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), прије́лазан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), prélazan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), prijélazan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), prechodný (Slovak), prehoden (Slovene), transitivo (Spanish), transitiv (Swedish), geçişli (Turkish), перехідни́й (perexidnýj) (Ukrainian), ngoại (Vietnamese), loveädik (Volapük), anghyflawn (Welsh), ravêrdın (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-transitive-en-adj-en:taking_a_direct_object Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects': 6 4 64 7 6 7 6
  4. (set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Set theory Translations (set theory, of a relation on a set): 传递性 (chuándìxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), tranzitivní (Czech), transitiva (Esperanto), transitiivinen (Finnish), transitif (French), transitiv (German), gegnvirkur (Icelandic), 推移的 (suiiteki) (alt: すいいてき) (Japanese), przechodni (Polish), transitivo (Portuguese), tranzitiv (Romanian), перехо́дный (perexódnyj) (Russian), тра̏нзитӣван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), trȁnzitīvan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), transitivo (Spanish), transitiv (Swedish), palipat (Tagalog), перехідни́й (perexidnýj) (Ukrainian), trosaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-transitive-en-adj-en:set_theory Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory Disambiguation of 'set theory, of a relation on a set': 5 3 8 35 20 10 20
  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. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Algebra
    Sense id: en-transitive-en-adj-YwzYhh4c Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
  6. (graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Graph theory Translations (of a graph): transitiva (Esperanto), transitiivinen (Finnish), transitif (French), טרנזיטיבי (Hebrew), transitivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transitive-en-adj-BbejRruS Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'of a graph': 0 0 0 0 0 100 0
  7. (probability) Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-transitive-en-adj-rVAE1Dmu Topics: mathematics, probability, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: reflexive, symmetric Translations (of a group action): transitiivinen (Finnish), transitif (French), tranzytywny (Polish), transitivo (Portuguese), transitivo (Spanish)

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/ Audio: en-us-transitive.ogg [US] Forms: transitives [plural]
enPR: trăn'zĭtĭv Etymology: From Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, from trāns (“across”) + itus, from eō (“to go”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|trānsitīvus}} Latin trānsitīvus, {{m|la|trānsitus}} trānsitus, {{m|la|trāns||across}} trāns (“across”), {{m|la|itus}} itus, {{m|la|eō||to go}} eō (“to go”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} transitive (plural transitives)
  1. (grammar) A transitive verb. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-transitive-en-noun-C0rfUYie Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 5 10 10 20 3 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 1 6 9 7 12 4 55 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 3 8 11 10 17 5 36 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 3 2 6 8 8 19 3 51 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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          "ref": "1841-1843, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Poet",
          "text": "For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.",
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          "_dis1": "91 1 2 2 1 1 2",
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          "roman": "prehoden",
          "sense": "making a transit or passage",
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          "_dis1": "91 1 2 2 1 1 2",
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          "sense": "making a transit or passage",
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          "sense": "making a transit or passage",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "making a transit or passage",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "ref": "1843, John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive",
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          "code": "sq",
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          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "kalimtar"
        },
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mutaʕaddin",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "مُتَعَدٍّ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ancʿoġakan",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "անցողական"
        },
        {
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "təsirli"
        },
        {
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pjeraxódny",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "перахо́дны"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prehóden",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "прехо́ден"
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        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "transitiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jíwù",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "及物"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "přechodný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "transitiv"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "overgankelijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "transitief"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "transitiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "transitiivinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "transitif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "transitivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gardamavali",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "გარდამავალი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "transitiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "metavatikós",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "μεταβατικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "metabatikós",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "μεταβατικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "allopathḗs",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "ἀλλοπαθής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "diabibastikós",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "διαβιβαστικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "yotsé",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "יוֹצֵא"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "tárgyas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "aistreach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "transitivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "alt": "たどう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tadō",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "他動"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "alt": "他動",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tadong",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "타동"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "têper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "gerguhêz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 4 64 7 6 7 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "preoden",
          "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
          "word": "преоден"
        },
        {
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      "word": "transitiveness"
    },
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      "word": "transitive set"
    },
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      "word": "transitive verb"
    },
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "reflexive"
    },
    {
      "word": "symmetric"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1841-1843, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Poet",
          "text": "For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Making a transit or passage."
      ],
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        [
          "transit",
          "transit#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1843, John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive",
          "text": "By far the greater part of the transitive or derivative applications of words depend on casual and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the fancy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Affected by transference of signification."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transference",
          "transference#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "intransitive"
        }
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Grammar"
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        {
          "text": "The English verb \"to notice\" is a transitive verb, because we say things like \"She noticed a problem\".",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy",
          "text": "Men have tried to turn \"revolutionise\" from a transitive to an intransitive verb.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taking a direct object or objects."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "direct object",
          "direct object#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects."
      ],
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        "of a verb"
      ],
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      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "word": "intransitive"
        },
        {
          "word": "nontransitive"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Set theory"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "\"Is an ancestor of\" is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set theory",
          "set theory"
        ],
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c."
      ],
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      ],
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        "en:set theory"
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "set-theory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Algebra"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second."
      ],
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        [
          "algebra",
          "algebra"
        ],
        [
          "group action",
          "group action"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "map",
          "map"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a group action"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "algebra",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Graph theory"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "graph theory",
          "graph theory"
        ],
        [
          "graph",
          "graph"
        ],
        [
          "vertices",
          "vertex"
        ],
        [
          "automorphism",
          "automorphism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a graph"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "graph-theory",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(probability) Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "probability",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "trăn'zĭtĭv"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prehoden",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "преходен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "transitiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "siirtyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "kulkeva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "transitório"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "tranzitiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perexódnyj",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "перехо́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perexidnýj",
      "sense": "making a transit or passage",
      "word": "перехідни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "affected by transference of signification",
      "word": "overdrachtelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "affected by transference of signification",
      "word": "muuttuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "óbraznyj",
      "sense": "affected by transference of signification",
      "word": "о́бразний"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "kalimtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutaʕaddin",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ],
      "word": "مُتَعَدٍّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ancʿoġakan",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "անցողական"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "təsirli"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeraxódny",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "перахо́дны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prehóden",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "прехо́ден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíwù",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "及物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "přechodný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "overgankelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitief"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitif"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gardamavali",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "გარდამავალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metavatikós",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "μεταβατικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "metabatikós",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "μεταβατικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "allopathḗs",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "ἀλλοπαθής"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diabibastikós",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "διαβιβαστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yotsé",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "יוֹצֵא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "tárgyas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "aistreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たどう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tadō",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "他動"
    },
    {
      "alt": "他動",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tadong",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "타동"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "têper"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "gerguhêz"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "preoden",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "преоден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sakaṟmmakakriya",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "സകർമ്മകക്രിയ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tusax",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "тусах"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitif"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "przechodni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "tranzitiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perexódnyj",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "перехо́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "aisigeach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "aistreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "asdolach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "пре́лазан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "прије́лазан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "prélazan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "prijélazan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "prechodný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "prehoden"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "transitiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "geçişli"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perexidnýj",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "перехідни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "ngoại"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "loveädik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "anghyflawn"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "grammar, of a verb: taking an object or objects",
      "word": "ravêrdın"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuándìxìng",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "传递性"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "tranzitivní"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "transitiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "transitiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "transitif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "transitiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "gegnvirkur"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すいいてき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suiiteki",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "推移的"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "przechodni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "tranzitiv"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "perexódnyj",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "перехо́дный"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тра̏нзитӣван"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "trȁnzitīvan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "transitiv"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "palipat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perexidnýj",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "перехідни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "set theory, of a relation on a set",
      "word": "trosaidd"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a group action",
      "word": "transitiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a group action",
      "word": "transitif"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of a group action",
      "word": "tranzytywny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a group action",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a group action",
      "word": "transitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of a graph",
      "word": "transitiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a graph",
      "word": "transitiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a graph",
      "word": "transitif"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "of a graph",
      "word": "טרנזיטיבי"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a graph",
      "word": "transitivo"
    }
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}

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      },
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      "name": "m"
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "trāns",
        "3": "",
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      },
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        "3": "",
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