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transitive

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for transitive.

Editorial note

The impossibility is the impossibility of ensuring rational (transitive) outcomes amongst ranked preferences and adhering to a set of fair and democratic norms.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Affected by transference of signification.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of transitive gathered in one view.

adjective

Affected by transference of signification.

adjective

Making a transit or passage.

noun

(grammar) A transitive verb.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for transitive.

adjective

Affected by transference of signification.

adjective

Making a transit or passage.

noun

(grammar) A transitive verb.

adjective

(grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.

Example sentences

1

The impossibility is the impossibility of ensuring rational (transitive) outcomes amongst ranked preferences and adhering to a set of fair and democratic norms.

2

The way you describe it, compiled or interpreted is a transitive property of a language, based on a popular way to utilize it.

3

I think the ambiguity is transitive, and is the primary point of the OP, coupled with the lack of support received from Stripe thereafter.

4

Another problematic aspect is that it inherently sets up a relation between people: it's a transitive verb.

5

Here's a nice article to describe that transitive effect.

6

Edit: There might still be some problems with non-transitive connectivity, where one node can talk to only parts of the cluster.

7

Do you ever want to create a project that has more than 27 transitive dependencies?

8

With vendoring, end up with a _very_ large tree of transitive vendor'ed dependencies.

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Now you have to hunt down every single project in your transitive dependencies that depends on it, and ask them to upgrade or fork.

10

People have forgotten that attention is transitive: you pay attention to something.

11

Yet my last small project has 89 libraries in dependencies (including transitive).

12

Why is association transitive in one medium but not in another.

Quote examples

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Freeing objects in Generational GC requires computing the transitive closure relation of the stack and any "global variable" for the set of objects in the generational allocation arena so that all live objects there can be identified.

2

But any attempt to make people make "public" G+ posts just because content is public elsewhere hits several of the Geek Social Fallacies, notably 4 ("Friendship Is Transitive") and 5 ("Friends Do Everything Together").

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use transitive in a sentence?

The impossibility is the impossibility of ensuring rational (transitive) outcomes amongst ranked preferences and adhering to a set of fair and democratic norms.

What does transitive mean?

Affected by transference of signification.

What part of speech is transitive?

transitive is commonly used as adjective, noun.