verb

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Pronunciation
/vɜːb/
/vɝb/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.

Example Sentences
  • The word “speak” is an English verb.
2 Definition

Any word; a vocable.

3 Definition

An action as opposed to a trait or thing.

Example Sentences
  • Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.
4 Definition

A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.

Verb
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

To use any word that is not, or had not been a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.

2 Definition

(used as a neutral, unspecific verb) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.