Definitions for verbvɜrb
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
verbvɜrb(n.)
a member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and are often formally distinguished, as by being inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, or agreement with the subject or object.
Category: Grammar
Ref: Abbr.: v. 6
Origin of verb:
1350–1400; ME verbe < L verbumword
Princeton's WordNet
verb(noun)
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
verb(noun)
a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
verb(noun)ɜrb
a word that expresses an action or state
a verb such a "run" or "feel"
Wiktionary
verb(Noun)
A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
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verb(Verb)
To use any word that is not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
verb(Verb)
To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.
Origin: From verbe, from verbum, from wer-.
Webster Dictionary
Verb(noun)
a word; a vocable
Verb(noun)
a word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action
Translations for verb
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
verb(noun)
the word or phrase that gives the action, or asserts something, in a sentence, clause etc
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- werkwoordAfrikaans
- فِعْلArabic
- глаголBulgarian
- verboPortuguese (BR)
- slovesoCzech
- das VerbGerman
- verbum; udsagnsordDanish
- ρήμα (γραμμ.)Greek
- verboSpanish
- tegusõnaEstonian
- فعلFarsi
- verbiFinnish
- verbeFrench
- פּוֹעַלHebrew
- क्रियाHindi
- glagolCroatian
- igeHungarian
- kata kerja, verbaIndonesian
- sögn, sagnorðIcelandic
- verboItalian
- 動詞Japanese
- 동사Korean
- veiksmažodisLithuanian
- darbības vārdsLatvian
- kata kerjaMalay
- werkwoordDutch
- verbNorwegian
- czasownikPolish
- verboPortuguese
- verbRomanian
- глаголRussian
- slovesoSlovak
- glagolSlovenian
- glagolSerbian
- erbSwedish
- คำกริยาThai
- fiilTurkish
- 動詞Chinese (Trad.)
- дієсловоUkrainian
- فعلUrdu
- động từVietnamese
- 动词Chinese (Simp.)
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