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 Definitions of verb  [ɜrb]  

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Definition of 'verb' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) verb
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.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME verbe < L verbumword)

Definition of 'verb' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) verb
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

2. (noun) verb
a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence


Definition of 'verb' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) verb
a word that expresses an action or state
a verb such a "run" or "feel"


Definition of 'verb' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) verb
a word; a vocable

2. (noun) verb
a word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action


Translation of 'verb' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the word or phrase that gives the action, or asserts something, in a sentence, clause etc

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: werkwoord Arabic flag Arabic: فِعْل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: глагол
Brazilian flag Brazilian: verbo Czech flag Czech: sloveso German flag German: das Verb
Danish flag Danish: verbum; udsagnsord Greek flag Greek: ρήμα (γραμμ.) Spanish flag Spanish: verbo
Estonian flag Estonian: tegusõna Farsi flag Farsi: فعل Finnish flag Finnish: verbi
French flag French: verbe Hebrew flag Hebrew: פּוֹעַל Hindi flag Hindi: क्रिया
Croatian flag Croatian: glagol Hungarian flag Hungarian: ige Indonesian flag Indonesian: kata kerja, verba
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sögn, sagnorð Italian flag Italian: verbo Japanese flag Japanese: 動詞
Korean flag Korean: 동사 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: veiksmažodis Latvian flag Latvian: darbības vārds
Malay flag Malay: kata kerja Dutch flag Dutch: werkwoord Norwegian flag Norwegian: verb
Polish flag Polish: czasownik Portuguese flag Portuguese: verbo Romanian flag Romanian: verb
Russian flag Russian: глагол Slovak flag Slovak: sloveso Slovenian flag Slovenian: glagol
Serbian flag Serbian: glagol Swedish flag Swedish: erb Thai flag Thai: คำกริยา
Turkish flag Turkish: fiil Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 動詞 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дієслово
Urdu flag Urdu: فعل Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: động từ Chinese flag Chinese: 动词

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