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transitivity

property of verbs that relates to whether a verb can take direct objects and how many such objects a verb can take
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transitivity

Summary

transitivity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (250 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • transitivity is a type of grammatical category[2].
  • transitivity's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9295[3].
  • transitivity's different from is recorded as valency[4].
  • transitivity's different from is recorded as verb phase[5].

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Definition and Type

transitivity is a type of grammatical category[2].

Why It Matters

transitivity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (250 views/month).[1] transitivity has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] transitivity is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P9295
    Subclass of → grammatical category
    Different from → valency, verb phase
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3857, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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