What does Verb mean?
Definitions for Verb
vɜrbverb
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Verb.
Princeton's WordNet
verbnoun
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
verbnoun
a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
Wiktionary
verbnoun
A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
The word speak is an English verb.
verbverb
To use any word that is not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
verbverb
To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.
Etymology: From verbe, from verbum, from wer-.
Wikipedia
Verb
A verb (from Latin verbum 'word') is a word (part of speech) that in syntax generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand). In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs are inflected (modified in form) to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice. A verb may also agree with the person, gender or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. Verbs have tenses: present, to indicate that an action is being carried out; past, to indicate that an action has been done; future, to indicate that an action will be done.
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A verb is a word used in a sentence to indicate an action, condition, or state of being. It shows what someone or something is doing or being. Verbs usually change their forms to express different tenses, moods, voices, aspects, or to agree with the subject in person and number. Examples include "run," "speak," "is," "feel," etc.
Webster Dictionary
Verbnoun
a word; a vocable
Verbnoun
a word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action
Etymology: [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
Wikidata
Verb
A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word that in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being. In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs are inflected to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice. A verb may also agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. In many languages, verbs have a present tense, to indicate that an action is being carried out; a past tense, to indicate that an action has been done; and a future tense, to indicate that an action will be done.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Verb
verb, n. (gram.) the part of speech which asserts or predicates something.—adj. Ver′bal, relating to or consisting in words: spoken (as opposed to written): exact in words: attending to words only: literal, word for word: derived directly from a verb.—n. a part of speech, a noun derived from a verb.—n. Verbalisā′tion.—v.t. Ver′balise, to turn into a verb.—ns. Ver′balism, something expressed in words or orally; Ver′balist, one skilled in words: a literalist; Verbal′ity.—adv. Ver′bally.—ns. Verbā′rian, a coiner of words; Verbā′rium, a game played with the letters of the alphabet.—adv. Verbā′tim, word for word: (Shak.) orally, verbally.—ns. Ver′biāge, abundance of words: wordiness: verbosity; Ver′bicide, the perversion of a word, as if the killing of its natural meaning: one who so mangles words, a punster; Ver′biculture, the deliberate cultivation or production of words; Verbificā′tion, the act of verbifying.—v.t. Ver′bify, to verbalise.—ns. Verbigerā′tion, the morbid and purposeless repetition of certain words and phrases at short intervals; Ver′bo-mā′niac, one crazy about words and their study, a dictionary-maker.—adj. Verbōse′, containing more words than are necessary: wordy: diffuse.—adv. Verbōse′ly.—ns. Verbōse′ness, Verbos′ity.—Verbal definition, a definition intended to state the meaning of a word, apart from the essence of the thing signified; Verbal inspiration, that view which regards Holy Scripture as literally inspired; Verbal note, in diplomacy, an unsigned memorandum calling attention to a neglected, though perhaps not urgent, matter. [Fr. verbe—L. verbum.]
Editors Contribution
verb
A word or group of words to express an action.
An auxiliary verb - a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with.
Submitted by MaryC on February 9, 2020
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Verb' in Nouns Frequency: #2438
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Verb in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Verb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Verb in a Sentence
I think I am a verb.
Love is a verb, not a noun. It requires action; intention. In love, there is no being, only doing.
The verb 'to love' in Persian is 'to have a friend.' 'I love you' translated literally is 'I have you as a friend,' and 'I don't like you' simply means 'I don't have you as a friend.'
God is a verb.
After the verb 'to Love,' 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world.
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- werkwoordAfrikaans
- berboAragonese
- فعلArabic
- parliriAymara
- fe'lAzerbaijani
- ҡылымBashkir
- дзеяслоўBelarusian
- глаголBulgarian
- ক্রিয়াBengali
- verbBreton
- verbCatalan, Valencian
- хандошChechen
- slovesoCzech
- глаголChuvash
- berfWelsh
- verbum, udsagnsordDanish
- Wandelwort, Zeitwort, Verb, Tunwort, Aussagewort, Tuwort, Tätigkeitswort, VerbumGerman
- ކއަނDivehi
- dɔwɔnyaEwe
- ρήμαGreek
- verboEsperanto
- verboSpanish
- pöördsõna, verb, tegusõnaEstonian
- aditzBasque
- فعلPersian
- verbi, teonsanaFinnish
- sagnorðFaroese
- verbeFrench
- tiidwurdWestern Frisian
- briatharIrish
- gnìomhairScottish Gaelic
- verboGalician
- פועלHebrew
- क्रियाHindi
- igeHungarian
- բայArmenian
- verboInterlingua
- kata kerjaIndonesian
- verbeInterlingue
- verboIdo
- sagnorð, sögnIcelandic
- verboItalian
- 動詞Japanese
- ზმნაGeorgian
- етістікKazakh
- oqaluutKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- កិរិយាស័ព្ទKhmer
- 동사, 動詞Korean
- этишKyrgyz
- verbumLatin
- vèrb, wèrkwaordLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- likeleloLingala
- ຄຳກຳມະLao
- veiksmažodisLithuanian
- verbs, darbības vārdsLatvian
- глаголMacedonian
- ക്രിയMalayalam
- үйл үгMongolian
- क्रियापदMarathi
- kata kerjaMalay
- verbMaltese
- ကြိယာBurmese
- werkwoordDutch
- verbNorwegian Nynorsk
- verbNorwegian
- áhátʼíiniiNavajo, Navaho
- vèrbOccitan
- czasownikPolish
- verboPortuguese
- ruray rimanaQuechua
- verbRomanian
- глаголRussian
- vearbaNorthern Sami
- glagol, глаголSerbo-Croatian
- ක්රියා පද, ක්රියාවSinhala, Sinhalese
- slovesoSlovak
- glagolSlovene
- foljeAlbanian
- verbSwedish
- kieleziSwahili
- வினைச்சொல்Tamil
- క్రియTelugu
- феълTajik
- คำกริยาThai
- işlikTurkmen
- pandiwaTagalog
- eylem, fiilTurkish
- پېئىلUyghur, Uighur
- дієсловоUkrainian
- فعلUrdu
- fe'lUzbek
- 動詞, động từVietnamese
- värbVolapük
- ווערב, צייטווארטYiddish
- isenzoZulu
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