Meaning

5 senses
  1. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

    The word “speak” is an English verb.

    Verb, Verbum, Zeitwort

    глаго́лglagól

    дієсло́воdijeslóvo

    a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence

  2. (figuratively)An action as opposed to a trait or thing.

    Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.

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

  4. Reverb.

  5. (obsolete)Any word; a vocable.

    the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

Examples

236 sentences
  1. Let me teach you some verbs.

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  2. This verb can be either transitive or intransitive.

    ruЭтот глагол может быть как переходным, так и непереходным.

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  3. A sentence normally has a subject and a verb.

    ruОбычно в предложении есть подлежащее и сказуемое.

    deEin Satz hat normalerweise ein Subjekt und ein Verb.

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  4. That's a transitive verb.

    ruЭто переходный глагол.

    deDas ist ein transitives Verb.

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  5. It's a verb.

    ruЭто глагол.

    deEs ist ein Verb.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state:
Русский
By meaning 1
(grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state:

Origin

From Middle English verbe, directly from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), reinforced by Old Fr

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.

Clipping of reverb.

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