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verb
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun verb has 2 senses
- verb(n = noun.communication) - the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence; is a kind of major form class
- verb(n = noun.communication) - a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence; is a kind of content word, open-class word
has particulars: auxiliary verb, infinitive, participial, participle, phrasal verb, transitive, transitive verb, transitive verb form, intransitive, intransitive verb, intransitive verb form
is a part of verb
is a member of conjugation
Derived forms adjective verbal3, verb verbify1
has parts: verb
has particulars: reflexive verb, copula, copulative, linking verb, frequentative
Derived forms adjective verbal3, verb verbify1
CIDE DICTIONARY
verb, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.].
- A word; a vocable. South. [1913 Webster]
- A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action. [1913 Webster]" A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression.
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
verb, n. Gram. a word used to indicate an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence (e.g. hear, become, happen).
Etymology
ME f. OF verbe or L verbum word, verb
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