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Definition of Transitiveness
1. Noun. The grammatical relation created by a transitive verb.
Generic synonyms: Grammatical Relation
Derivative terms: Transitive, Transitive
Antonyms: Intransitivity
Definition of Transitiveness
1. Noun. The quality of being transitive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Transitiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transitiveness
Literary usage of Transitiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Syllabus of a Proposed System of Logic by Augustus De Morgan (1860)
"Consequently, we must take the writers of whom I speak to hold that convertibility
and transitiveness follow from the principles of identity, difference, ..."
2. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1884)
"The requisites of the copular relation, in the system of ordinary syllogism, are
convertibility and transitiveness. Any relation which possesses these ..."
3. Manual of Linguistics: A Concise Account of General and English Phonology by John Clark (1893)
"The final z that helped to bring in e was characteristic of active verbs, was a
mark of transitiveness. Intransitive verbs were likely to retain the a, ..."
4. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society (1889)
"They are, however, easily de- ducible from the property of transitiveness, by
application of the principles already stated. It will be observed that the two ..."
5. Proceedings of the Meeting of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf by Meeting (1850)
"The symbol of the transitive verb is composed of three elements, viz: those
expressive of assertion, attribute, and transitiveness or influence, ..."
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