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Definitions and meaning of verb

verb

English

Alternative forms

• vb., v. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English verbe, directly from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), reinforced by Old French verbe, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Doublet of verve and word.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɜːb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /vɝb/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /vəɹb/, [vɚ(ɹ)b]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b

Noun

verb (plural verbs)

2. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
3. (obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
4. (figurative) An action as opposed to a trait or thing.

5. (programming) A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.

Usage notes

• Verbs compose a fundamental category of words in most languages. In an English clause, a verb forms the head of the predicate of the clause. In many languages, verbs uniquely conjugate for tense and aspect.

Quotations

Hyponyms

• See: Thesaurus:verb

Derived terms

• See also: Thesaurus:verb

Translations

Verb

verb (third-person singular simple present verbs, present participle verbing, simple past and past participle verbed)

1. (transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
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2. (linguistics, social sciences) Used as a placeholder for any verb.

Conjugation

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:verb.

See also

• copula
• workword

Anagrams

• brev

Breton

Etymology

From Latin verbum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrp/

Noun

verb m (plural verboù)

1. (grammar) verb

Derived terms

• adverb
• verb-skoazell

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin verbum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛrp]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvɛrp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvɛɾp]

Noun

verb m (plural verbs)

1. verb

Derived terms

• verb modal

Related terms

• verba
• verbal

Further reading

• “verb”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin verbum.

Noun

verb n (definite singular verbet, indefinite plural verb or verber, definite plural verba or verbene)

1. (grammar) verb

Derived terms

• verbbøying

References

• “verb” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin verbum.

Noun

verb n (definite singular verbet, indefinite plural verb, definite plural verba)

1. (grammar) verb

Derived terms

• verbbøying

References

• “verb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin verbum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [verb]

Noun

verb n (plural verbe)

1. verb

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

verb n

1. (grammar) verb

Declension

Synonyms

• kraftord

Hyponyms

• hjälpverb

Related terms

Descendants

• → Finnish: verbi
• → Ingrian: verbi

References

• verb in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• brev

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

verb

1. verb

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “глагол”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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