Meaning

1 senses
  1. (rare)To make into or become an adverb.

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Some English adverbs function as adjectives.

    Деякі англійські прислівники виконують функції прикметників. — deniko

  2. This is an adverb.

    Це прислівник. — deniko

    ruЭто наречие. — elsteris

    deDas hier ist ein Adverb. — Vortarulo

  3. Tom doesn't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb.

    ruТом не знает разницы между прилагательным и наречием. — marafon

    deTom weiß nicht den Unterschied zwischen einem Adjektiv und einem Adverb. — al_ex_an_der

  4. Adjectives in English are often used as adverbs with no change in form.

    Англійські прикментики часто використовуються в якості прислівників без жодного видозмінювання. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  5. An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or sometimes another adverb.

    Прислівник — це слово, що пов'язується з дієсловом, прикметником, та іноді з іншим прислівником. — deniko

Origin

Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verb(um) (“word, ver

Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verb(um) (“word, verb”) + -ium, so called because it is used to supplement other words (not specifically verbs). By surface analysis, ad- + verb.

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Forms

adverbs, adverbing, adverbed, adverbed
Base formadverb · to adverb
3rd person singularadverbs
Present participleadverbing
Past simpleadverbed
Past participleadverbed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyadverb
he, she, itadverbs

Past simpleLesson

all personsadverbed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave adverbed
he, she, ithas adverbed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill adverb

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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adverb — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto