verb
A word that indicates an action, event, or state of beingA word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
» Let me teach you some verbs.
Meaning
5 sensesA 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
(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.
A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.
Reverb.
(obsolete)Any word; a vocable.
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
Examples
236 sentencesLet me teach you some verbs.
This verb can be either transitive or intransitive.
ruЭтот глагол может быть как переходным, так и непереходным.
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.
That's a transitive verb.
ruЭто переходный глагол.
deDas ist ein transitives Verb.
It's a verb.
ruЭто глагол.
deEs ist ein Verb.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English verbe, directly from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), reinforced by Old FrFrom 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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