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transitive verb

trans·i·tive verb

transitive verb

 
pronunciation:
traen zih tihv vuhrb
part of speech: noun
definition: a verb that is followed by a direct object. In the sentence, "My father owns a grocery store," "owns" is a transitive verb and "grocery store" is the direct object.