Transitive (definition)

this is a term used to refer to the number of dependent clauses that a verb can take on. In this case of transitive that number would be one (a direct object).

References

Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.