Associations to the word «Verb»
Noun
- Tense
- Noun
- Adjective
- Pronoun
- Inflection
- Suffix
- Singular
- Predicate
- Prefix
- Auxiliary
- Plural
- Negation
- Clause
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Vowel
- Np
- Consonant
- Derivation
- Semantic
- Stem
- Sentence
- Complement
- Phonology
- Phrase
- Perfect
- Mood
- Marker
- Possessor
- Paradigm
- Active
- Lexicon
- Modality
- Inversion
- Syllable
- Ir
- Numeral
- Meaning
- Marking
- Grammar
- Ending
- Object
- Plurality
- Ib
- Nom
- Cor
- Theta
- Subject
- Semantics
- Antecedent
- Sg
- Conjunction
- Concord
Adjective
- Tense
- Adjective
- Syntactic
- Grammatical
- Lexical
- Plural
- Modal
- Indicative
- Auxiliary
- Passive
- Verbal
- Imperative
- Consonant
- Irregular
- Finite
- Semantic
- Morphological
- Singular
- Thematic
- Unmarked
- Imperfect
- Nominal
- Defective
- Germanic
- Proto
- Substantive
- Root
- Conditional
- Indirect
- Phonological
- Subordinate
- Indefinite
- Obligatory
- Past
- Compound
- Compounded
- Oblique
- Subject
- Semitic
- Habitual
- Cf
- Archaic
- Meaning
Wiktionary
VERB, noun. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
VERB, noun. (obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
VERB, verb. (transitive) (nonstandard) (colloquial) To use any word that is not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
VERB, verb. (used as a neutral, unspecific verb) (often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.
VERB PHRASE, noun. (linguistics) A construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, objects, or modifiers.
VERB PHRASE, noun. (grammar) A phrase that functions syntactically as a verb, consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries.
VERB PHRASES, noun. Plural of verb phrase
Dictionary definition
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.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.