transitivity

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

transitivity (plural transitivities)

  1. (grammar) 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.

[edit] Translations

the degree in which a verb can govern objects
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