Transitive verb
Overview
Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in natural languages....
, a transitive verb is a verb
Verb
A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word that in syntax conveys an action , or a state of being . In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive...
that requires both a direct subject
Subject (grammar)
The subject is one of the two main constituents of a clause, according to a tradition that can be tracked back to Aristotle and that is associated with phrase structure grammars; the other constituent is the predicate. According to another tradition, i.e...
and one or more object
Object (grammar)
An object in grammar is part of a sentence, and often part of the predicate. It denotes somebody or something involved in the subject's "performance" of the verb. Basically, it is what or whom the verb is acting upon...
s. The term is used to contrast intransitive verb
Intransitive verb
In grammar, an intransitive verb is a verb that has no object. This differs from a transitive verb, which takes one or more objects. Both classes of verb are related to the concept of the transitivity of a verb....
s, which do not have objects.
Some examples of sentences with transitive verbs:
- You pushed the bag. ("bag" is the direct object of "pushed")
- I hate you. ("you" is the direct object of "hate")
- I gave you the doll.
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