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noun
verb
(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
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/vɜːb/ /vɝb/
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noun
(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
“The word “speak” is an English verb.”
Any word; a vocable.
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.
verb
To use any word that is not, or had not been a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
(used as a neutral, unspecific verb) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.
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The word “speak” is an English verb.
Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.
