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ALL meanings of ditransitive

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  • noun ditransitive (of a verb) taking two objects, for example give as in I gave her the book. 1
  • adjective ditransitive noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”. 1
  • noun ditransitive a ditransitive verb. 1
  • noun ditransitive (linguistics) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object. 0
  • adjective ditransitive (linguistics) Of a class of verbs which take both an object and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object). 0
  • adjective ditransitive (of a verb) taking both a direct object and indirect object 0
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