verb
To use any word that is or was not a verb as if it were a verbTo use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
» Let me teach you some verbs.
Meaning
2 senses(colloquial, nonstandard, transitive)To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
Used as a placeholder for any verb.
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.
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.
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Forms
verbs, verbing, verbed, verbedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle