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
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.