Verb
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /vɜːb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Verb is a noun meaning (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
Meaning
(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
More Meanings
- (figurative) An action as opposed to a trait or thing.
- (programming) A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.
- (transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
- (linguistics, social sciences) Used as a placeholder for any verb.
- (music) Reverb.
- (obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
Example Sentences
a Verb of the Singular
The word “speak” is an English verb.
Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.
In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation / I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]
Word Forms
- verbs
- verbing
- verbed
- verbest
- verbedst
- verbeth
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