Usually means: Verb taking two direct objects.
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  1. ditransitive: Merriam-Webster
  2. ditransitive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ditransitive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ditransitive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ditransitive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. ditransitive: Wiktionary
  7. ditransitive: Dictionary.com
  8. Ditransitive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. ditransitive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. ditransitive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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adjective:  (grammar) 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).
noun:  (grammar) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.

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