ditransitive

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).
2. noun A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.

Similar words

transitive indirect transitive transitive animate intradirective active transportive intransitivizing emphatic onbringing mediary

Often followed by

verbs construction verb constructions clauses clause and complementation sentences

Word family

ditransitives