transitiveness

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noun

The quality of being transitive.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nountransitiveness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being transitive.

    Meditation on the transitiveness of the world and the incertitude of life are the favorite themes of Kabir.

    1971, Yogananda, Self-realization Magazine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe grammatical relation created by a transitive verb

Broader
grammatical relation
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

transitiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitiveness

MLA

“transitiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitiveness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transitiveness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitiveness.

Source: transitiveness on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.