Look up: Verb

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   verb
   [n] - a content word that denotes an action or a state 2. [n] - a word that serves as the predicate of a sentence
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   Verb
   a term expressing an action or a state of being
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   Verb
   (Verb (verbal)) Combined with its subject, the verb becomes the central element of a sentence or clause. ...
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   Verb
   A verb is a word that expresses an action, a happening, a process or a state. It can be thought of as a 'doing' or 'being' word. In the sentence Mark is tired and wants to go to bed, 'is', 'wants' and 'go' are verbs. Sometimes two or more words make up a verb phrase, such as are going, didn't want, has been waiting. Most verbs (except modal verbs,...
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   Verb
   Verb noun [ French verbe , Latin verbum a word, verb. See Word .] 1. A word; a vocable. [ Obsolete] South. 2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action. » A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [ the assertion or the denia ...
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   verb
   noun a content word that denotes an action or a state
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   Verb
   In syntax, a `verb` is a word belonging to the part of speech that usually denotes an action (`bring`, `read`), an occurrence (`decompose`, `glitter`), or a state of being (`exist`, `stand`). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. It may also agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments (subject, object, etc.).
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   Verb
   • (n.) A word; a vocable. • (n.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.
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   verb
   (from the article `Indo-European languages`) The Proto-Indo-European verb had three aspects: imperfective, perfective, and stative. Aspect refers to the nature of an action as described by the ... In one famous connectionist experiment conducted at the University of California at San Diego (published in 1986), David Rumelhart and James ...
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    verb
    verb A word or group of words that express time while showing an action, a condition, or the fact that something exists. Verbs have a major effect on syntax; that is, on the way words are put together and are related to one another in sentences. Because of this effect, verbs are generally divided into two main categories: action verbs and linking verb...
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    verb
    
    1. a word that serves as the predicate of a sentence
    2. a content word that denotes an action or a state
    
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    verb
    verb, part of speechtypically used to indicate an action. English verbs are inflected for person, number, tense and partially for mood; compound verbs formed with auxiliaries (e.g., be, can, have, do, will) provide a distinction of voice. Some English verblike forms have properties of two parts of s...
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