Definitions for Adverbˈæd vɜrb
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ad•verbˈæd vɜrb(n.)
a member of a class of words functioning as modifiers of verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or clauses, as quickly, well, here, now, and very, typically expressing some relation of place, time, manner, degree, means, cause, result, exception, etc., and in many languages distinguished by form, as often in English by the ending -ly.
Category: Grammar
Ref: Abbr.: adv. 2 3
Origin of adverb:
1520–30; < L adverbium=ad-ad - +verb(um) word, verb+-ium -ium1
ad′verb•less(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
adverb(noun)
the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
adverb(noun)
a word that modifies something other than a noun
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
adverb(noun)ˈæd vɜrb
a word that describes verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
Wiktionary
adverb(Noun)
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
Origin: From adverbe, from adverbium, from ad-#Latin + verbum.
Webster Dictionary
Adverb(noun)
a word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white
Translations for Adverb
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
adverb(noun)
a word used before or after a verb, before an adjective or preposition, or with another adverb to show time, manner, place, degree etc
- bywoordAfrikaans
- ظَرْف مَكَان أو زَمَان، حَالArabic
- наречиеBulgarian
- advérbioPortuguese (BR)
- příslovceCzech
- das AdverbGerman
- adverbium; biordDanish
- επίρρημα (γραμμ.)Greek
- adverbioSpanish
- adverbEstonian
- قیدFarsi
- adverbiFinnish
- adverbeFrench
- תוֹאָר הַפּוֹעַלHebrew
- क्रियाविशेषणHindi
- prilogCroatian
- határozó(szó)Hungarian
- adverbiaIndonesian
- atviksorðIcelandic
- avverbioItalian
- 副詞Japanese
- 부사Korean
- prieveiksmisLithuanian
- apstākļa vārdsLatvian
- adverbMalay
- bijwoordDutch
- adverbNorwegian
- przysłówekPolish
- قیدPersian
- قیدPashto
- advérbioPortuguese
- adverbRomanian
- наречиеRussian
- príslovkaSlovak
- prislovSlovenian
- prilogSerbian
- adverbSwedish
- คำวิเศษณ์; คำกริยาวิเศษณ์Thai
- zarfTurkish
- 副詞Chinese (Trad.)
- прислівникUkrainian
- اسم ظرفUrdu
- phó từVietnamese
- 副词Chinese (Simp.)
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