ditransitive

[ dahy-tran-si-tiv, -zi- ]

adjective
  1. noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”

noun
  1. a ditransitive verb.

Origin of ditransitive

1
First recorded in 1960–65; di-1 + transitive

Other words from ditransitive

  • di·tran·si·tiv·i·ty, noun

Words Nearby ditransitive

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