English Explanatory Dictionary

verb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
  2. Any word; a vocable.
  3. An action as opposed to a trait or thing.
  4. A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.
verb
  1. To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
  2. Used as a placeholder for any verb.
noun
  1. Reverb.

Pronunciation

/vɜːb/ /vɝb/ /vəɹb/ [vɚ(ɹ)b] en-us-verb.ogg

Word forms

verb verbs vb. v. verbing verbed no-table-tags glossary verbest verbedst verbeth

Etymology

From Middle English verbe, directly from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), reinforced by Old French verbe, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Doublet of verve and word.

Synonyms

verb action word

Related words

copula workword

Derived words

abstract verb action verb adverb attributive verb auxiliary verb boot verb catenative verb causal verb concrete verb control verb copular verb coverb defective verb definite verb determinate verb direct verb ditransitive verb dynamic verb ergative verb finite verb full verb guess the verb helper verb helping verb HTTP verb impersonal verb indefinite verb indeterminate verb intradirective verb intransitive verb irregular verb labile verb lexical verb light verb linking verb link verb main verb middle verb modal verb monotransitive verb negative verb non-finite verb particle verb phrasal prepositional verb phrasal verb potential verb prepositional verb preterite-present verb preverb progressive verb pronominal verb pro-verb psych verb regular verb reporting verb separable verb shoe verb stem-changing verb strong verb subject-verb agreement
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