verb
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- noun
- /vɜrb/
- So the word love is a verb, it's a doing word.
- nouns and verbs
- verb tense
- subject-verb
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- See, love is a verb, not a noun.
- Is he using stealing as a verb or an adjective?
- So the word love is a verb, it's a doing word.
- The root of the word is the French verb to speak specifically.
- The most recent example is the the verb sneak snuck.
- That's that's that's the the verb there to do, to act right.
- Passion comes from the verb in Latin party.
- Thought is the sort of verb form of the noun language.
- Could be, could be a verb, could be a noun too.
- You will try to apply a verb like flowing to time.
Examples
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Conjugate the verb "to go".
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See, love is a verb, not a noun.
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Okay, give me a verb instead of "choose".
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Don't worry, I'll teach you every verb you need to know...
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Next time, if you have learned all of the verbs, I will bring you a reward.
Fiction book (1999) -
Some statements consist solely of a verb indicating the completion of a past action.
Academic text (1999) -
I've heard it said that science is a verb, not a noun.
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Indeed, the name Balearic comes from the Greek verb balo, meaning to throw.
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As we strengthen our verbs, we also need to clarify their subjects and objects.
Academic text (2011) -
In grammar, a verb is essential because it describes an action or state.
Compounds
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A verb used with another verb to make tenses, voices, or questions, for example be, have and do
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A word that shows an action or state and does not need a thing after it
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A verb plus a small word that together have a new meaning, like 'look after'
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A helping verb like can that shows ability, permission, need or possibility
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A verb where one person does and receives the action, using words like 'myself'
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A verb that connects the main person or thing in a sentence to a word that gives information about it
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A verb that tells someone to do something, like 'Sit' or 'Be quiet'
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A verb that takes two objects, one showing who receives something and one showing what is received
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A helper word used with verbs to show possibility or need, for example can and must
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A verb that makes an action happen when you say it, like 'promise' or 'apologize'
How Supporting
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word verb comes from the Latin verbum, which means 'word' and is the same root as verbal. So a verb is the 'word' in a sentence that shows an 'action' or a 'state'.