What does reflexive verb mean?
Definitions for reflexive verb
re·flex·ive verb
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Princeton's WordNet
reflexive verbnoun
a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent
"the sentence `he washed' has a reflexive verb"; "`perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself"
Wiktionary
reflexive verbnoun
A verb whose subject and direct object are the same.
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reflexive verb
A reflexive verb is a type of verb that is used when the subject and the object of a sentence are the same and the action of the verb refers back to the subject. In English, reflexive verbs often use reflexive pronouns like "myself", "yourself", "itself", "ourselves", or "themselves". In other languages like Spanish or French, reflexive verbs are identifiable by specific endings or additional pronouns. An example of a reflexive verb in action would be "I see myself in the mirror".
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Reflexive verb
In grammar, a reflexive verb is a verb whose semantic agent and patient are the same. For example, the English verb to perjure is reflexive, since one can only perjure oneself. In a wider sense, the phrase refers to any verb form whose grammatical object is a reflexive pronoun, regardless of semantics; such verbs are also referred to as pronominal verbs, especially in grammars of the Romance languages. There are languages that have explicit morphology to transform a verb into a reflexive form. English employs reflexive derivation idiosyncratically, as in "self-destruct"; Romance languages do the same with the Greek-derived prefix auto-. In many languages, reflexive constructions are rendered by transitive verbs followed by a reflexive pronoun, as in English -self
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of reflexive verb in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of reflexive verb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Translations for reflexive verb
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- zvratné slovesoCzech
- reflexives VerbGerman
- verbo pronominalSpanish
- refleksiiviverbiFinnish
- verbe pronominalFrench
- afturbeygð sögnIcelandic
- verbo pronominaleItalian
- 再帰動詞Japanese
- 재귀동사Korean
- wederkerend werkwoordDutch
- czasownik zwrotnyPolish
- возвратный глаголRussian
- povratni glagolSerbo-Croatian
- dönüşlü eylemTurkish
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