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verb

noun verb

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.

Quick reference

Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
V
Ends with
B
Contains
ER
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/vɜːb/ /vɝb/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.

    “The word “speak” is an English verb.”

  2. Any word; a vocable.

  3. 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.”

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

verb

  1. To use any word that is not, or had not been a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.

  2. (used as a neutral, unspecific verb) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.

In context

Example Sentences

The word “speak” is an English verb.
Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.
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