ditransitive

adj

Etymology

From di- + transitive.

Definitions

  1. Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is…

    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).

  2. A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ditransitive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA