| verb (vûrb) n. 1. Abbr. V or vb. a. The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence in most languages. b. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, as be, run, or conceive. 2. A phrase or other construction used as a verb. [Middle English verbe, from Old French, from Latin verbum, word, verb (translation of Greek rh  ma, word, verb); see wer-5 in Indo-European roots.] |
verb [vɜːb]
n
1. (Linguistics / Grammar) (in traditional grammar) any of a large class of words in a language that serve to indicate the occurrence or performance of an action, the existence of a state or condition, etc. In English, such words as run, make, do, and the like are verbs
2. (Linguistics) (in modern descriptive linguistic analysis)
a. a word or group of words that functions as the predicate of a sentence or introduces the predicate
b. (as modifier) a verb phrase Abbreviations vb v
[from Latin verbum a word]
verbless adj
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| Noun | 1. | verb - the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence major form class - any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar auxiliary verb - a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with infinitive - the uninflected form of the verb verb - a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence participial, participle - a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses phrasal verb - an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit; "`turn out' is a phrasal verb in the question `how many turned out to vote?'" transitive, transitive verb, transitive verb form - a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical intransitive, intransitive verb, intransitive verb form - a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object conjugation - the inflection of verbs |
| 2. | verb - a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence content word, open-class word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned verb - the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence reflexive verb - a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent; "the sentence `he washed' has a reflexive verb"; "`perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself" copula, copulative, linking verb - an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence frequentative - a verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action |
Translations
n verb [vəːb]
the word or phrase that gives the action, or asserts something, in a sentence, clause etc I saw him; He ran away from me; I have a feeling; What is this? werkwoord فِعْل глагол sloveso verbum; udsagnsord das Verb ρήμα (γραμμ.) verbo tegusõna فعل verbi verbe פּוֹעַל क्रिया glagol ige kata kerja, verba sögn, sagnorð verbo 動詞 동사 veiksmažodis darbības vārds kata kerja werkwoord verb czasownik verbo verb глагол sloveso glagol glagol erb คำกริยา fiil 動詞 дієслово فعل động từ 动间
adj verbal
1 of, or concerning, verbs verbal endings such as `-fy', `-ize' . werkwoordelik فِعْلي، مُتَعَلِّق بالأفْعال глаголен slovesný verbal Verbal-... ρηματικός verbal verbi- فعلی verbi- verbal פוֹעַלִי मौखिक glagolski igei mengenai kata kerja sagn-, sagnar- verbale 動詞の 동사의 veiksmažodžio verbāls; darbības vārda- kata-kata werkwoordelijk verbal-, ord- czasownikowy verbal verbal (от)глагольный slovesný glagolski glagolski verb- ที่ใช้คำพูด fiil ile ilgili 動詞的，與動詞有關的 дієслівний; віддієслівний فعل سے متعلق thuộc động từ, có gốc động từ 由动词构成的
2 consisting of, or concerning, spoken words a verbal warning/agreement. mondelingse لَفْظي، كلامي устен slovní mundtlig mündlich προφορικός verbal suuline شفاهی verbaalinen verbal בְּעַל-פֶּה मौखिक usmeni szóbeli lisan munnlegur verbale 言葉の 구두의 žodinis mutisks lisan mondeling muntlig słowny verbal verbal, oral устный slovný usten verbalni verbal, muntlig ที่ใช้คำพูด sözlü 口頭的 усний; вербальний زباني bằng miệng, bằng lời nói 口头的
adv verbally
in or by speech, not writing I replied to the invitation verbally. verbaal كلاميّا словом slovně mundtligt mündlich προφορικά verbalmente suuliselt به صورت شفاهی suullisesti verbalement בְּעַל-פֶּה मौखिक रूप में usmeno élőszóban secara lisan munnlega verbalmente 口頭で 구두로 žodžiu mutiski secara lisan mondeling muntlig słownie verbalmente verbal устно slovne ustno verbalno muntligt ทางคำพูด sözlü olarak 口頭地 усно, словесно زباني طور پر bằng miệng, bằng lời nói 口头地
adj / adv verbatim [-ˈbeitim]
word for word a verbatim report of the argument; The child repeated my words verbatim. woordeliks حَرْفِيّا، بالحَرْف الواحِد، كَلِمة بِكَلِمَه дословно slovo od slova ordret wörtlich αυτολεξεί, κατά λέξη textualmente, palabra por palabra sõna-sõnalt کلمه به کلمه kirjaimellisesti mot à mot מִלָה בְּמִלָה शाब्दिक naizust szó szerint(i) kata per kata parola per parola 逐語的に 정확히 말 그대로 pažodinis; pažodžiui, žodis į žodį kata demi kata woord voor woord ord for ord, ordrett dosłownie, słowo w słowo дословный; слово в слово doslovný dobeseden, besedo za besedo reč po reč ordagrann, ord för ord ซึ่งมีลักษณะคำต่อคำ kelimesi kelimesine aynı 逐字的(地) дослівно, слово в слово لفظ بہ لفظ đúng nguyên văn 逐字的
adj verbose [-ˈbous]
using too many words; expressed in too many words a verbose speaker; a verbose description/style. omslagtig كَثير الحَشْو بالكَلام многословен upovídaný ordrig wortreich φλύαρος verboso, locuaz sõnaohter طولانی؛ درازگویانه jaaritteleva verbeux מְגַבֵּב מִלִים शब्दबहुल pričljiv, rječit bőbeszédű terlalu banyak kata verboso, prolisso 冗長な 장황한 daugiakalbis, daugiažodžiaujantis pārlieku runīgs; liekvārdīgs bercakap berjela-jela langdradig, wijdlopig, lang van stof ordrik, vidløftig многословный utáraný, urečnený dolgovezen preopširan mångordig, svamlig, långrandig ซึ่งใช้ถ้อยคำมากเกินไป gereksiz sözlerle dolu; ağzı kalabalık 冗長的 багатослівний لفاظي đa ngôn, lắm lời 冗长的
verb → فعل sloveso verbum Verb ρήμα verbo verbi verbe glagol verbo 動詞 동사 werkwoord verb czasownik verbo глагол verb คำกริยา fiil động từ 动词
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