# transitive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɹænzɪtɪv/ · frequency rank #39,133

## Definitions
1. Making a transit or passage.
2. Affected by transference of signification.
3. Taking a direct object or objects.
4. 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.
5. Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
6. Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
7. Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property.

## Etymology
From Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, from trāns (“across”) + itus, from eō (“to go”).

## Easily confused with
- **transition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/transition-vs-transitive)

## Common misspellings (15)
`rtansitive`, `tarnsitive`, `tranistive`, `trannsitive`, `transiitve`, `transitiev`, `transitivve`, `transittive`, `transitvie`, `transsitive`, `transtiive`, `trasnitive`, `trnasitive`, `trransitive`, `ttransitive`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/transitive