ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ditransitive

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Ditransitive is an adjective meaning (grammar) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.

Meaning

(grammar) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.

More Meanings

  1. (grammar) Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).

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Related dictionary entries include transitive, intradirective, active, transportive, intransitivizing, emphatic.

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