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ditransitive

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di⋅tran⋅si⋅tive

  [dahy-tran-si-tiv, -zi-] Grammar
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–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
2. a ditransitive verb.
Related forms:
di⋅tran⋅si⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty, noun
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di·tran·si·tive   (dī-trān'sĭ-tĭv, -zĭ-)   
adj.  Of or relating to a verb that takes or can take two objects, as begrudge in I don't begrudge you your good luck, or find in She found him a job.
n.  A ditransitive verb.
di·tran'si·tiv'i·ty n.
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