1 Valence property of verbs which require a direct object, e.g. read, see, hear. Used more broadly, verbs which govern other objects (e.g. dative, genitive) can also be termed ‘transitive’; while only verbs which have no object at all (e.g....

// adj. Denoting a verb, or a clause containing such a verb, which subcategorizes for a direct object NP. Some transitive verbs absolutely require a direct object: assassinate, destroy, undergo, prefer. Others (absolute transitives) can optionally...

. A relation holding from a to b and from b to c is transitive if it must hold from a to c, whatever a, b and c may be (ancestor of). It is intransitive if it cannot (father of), and non-transitive if it may or may not (fond of)....

The term transitivity may refer to: In grammar Transitivity (grammatical category) transitive verb, when a verb takes an object In logic and mathematics Transitive relation, a binary relation Intransitivity Orbit (group theory), about transitive group...