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noun
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
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World English Dictionary
verb (vɜːb) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (in traditional grammar) any of a large class of words in a language that serve to indicate the occurrence or performance of an action, the existence of a state or condition, etc. In English, such words as run, make, do, and the like are verbs |
| 2. | in modern descriptive linguistic analysis |
| a. a word or group of words that functions as the predicate of a sentence or introduces the predicate | |
| b. (as modifier): a verb phrase | |
| [C14: from Latin verbum a word] | |
| 'verbless | |
| —adj | |
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Verb
is always a great word to know.
So is preposition. Does it mean:
| any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationsh |
| any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from |
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Word Origin & History
verb
1388, from O.Fr. verbe "part of speech that expresses action or being," from L. verbum "verb," originally "a word," from PIE base *were- (cf. Avestan urvata- "command;" Skt. vrata- "command, vow;" Gk. rhetor "public speaker," rhetra "agreement, covenant," eirein "to speak, say;" Hittite weriga- "call,
summon;" Lith. vardas "name;" Goth. waurd, O.E. word "word").
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Cultural Dictionary
verb definition
A word that represents an action or a state of being. Go, strike, travel, and exist are examples of verbs. A verb is the essential part of the predicate of a sentence. The grammatical forms of verbs include number, person, and tense. (See auxiliary verb, infinitive, intransitive verb, irregular verb, participle, regular verb, and transitive verb.)
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Example sentences
Bear in mind that cats can't spell all that well and that they're not so hot on subject-verb agreement either.
In this context, the verb operating means performing surgery.
Nonvolitional verb indicate uncontrollable action or emotion.
Naturally, if the verb is intransitive, the direct object is not found.
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