verb
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- noun
- /vɜrb/
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verbo
- So the word love is a verb, it's a doing word.
- nouns and verbs
- verb tense
- subject-verb
See, love is a verb, not a noun.
- 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 helping verb like can that shows ability, permission, need or possibility
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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 verb that connects the main person or thing in a sentence to a word that gives information about it
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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 word that shows an action or state and does not need a thing after it
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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 makes an action happen when you say it, like 'promise' or 'apologize'
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A verb plus a small word that together have a new meaning, like 'look after'
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'.