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Definition of Verb
1. Noun. The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.
Generic synonyms: Major Form Class
Specialized synonyms: Auxiliary Verb, Infinitive, Participial, Participle, Phrasal Verb, Transitive, Transitive Verb, Transitive Verb Form, Intransitive, Intransitive Verb, Intransitive Verb Form
Group relationships: Conjugation
Derivative terms: Verbal, Verbify
Specialized synonyms: Auxiliary Verb, Infinitive, Participial, Participle, Phrasal Verb, Transitive, Transitive Verb, Transitive Verb Form, Intransitive, Intransitive Verb, Intransitive Verb Form
Group relationships: Conjugation
Derivative terms: Verbal, Verbify
2. Noun. A content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence.
Generic synonyms: Content Word, Open-class Word
Specialized synonyms: Reflexive Verb, Copula, Copulative, Linking Verb, Frequentative
Derivative terms: Verbal, Verbify
Specialized synonyms: Reflexive Verb, Copula, Copulative, Linking Verb, Frequentative
Derivative terms: Verbal, Verbify
Definition of Verb
1. n. A word; a vocable.
2. n. A word; a vocable.
Definition of Verb
1. Noun. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive nonstandard colloquial) To use any word that is not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb. ¹
3. Verb. (context: used as a neutral, unspecific verb often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Verb
1. a word used to express an act, occurrence, or mode of being [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Verb
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