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Is verb a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word verb is a Scrabble US word. The word verb is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is verb a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word verb is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

V4E1R1B3

Is verb a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word verb is a Words With Friends word. The word verb is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

V5E1R1B4

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4-letter words (1 found)

VERB,

3-letter words (2 found)

REB,REV,

2-letter words (3 found)

BE,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from verb according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of verb

verb evrb vreb rveb ervb revb vebr evbr vber bver ebvr bevr vrbe rvbe vbre bvre rbve brve erbv rebv ebrv berv rbev brev

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word verb. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in verb.

Definitions and meaning of verb

verb

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/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b

Noun

verb (plural verbs)

  1. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
  2. (obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
  3. (figurative) An action as opposed to a trait or thing.
  4. (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.
    • a. 1981 Feb 22, unknown Guardian editor as quoted by William Safire, On Language, in New York Times, pSM3
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  2. (used as a neutral, unspecific verb, often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.

Conjugation

Quotations

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

See also

  • copula

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): (Valencian) [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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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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