التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Pronunciation
* (US) IPA(key): /vɝb/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːb/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
التي في فئةENGLISH - NOUN
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Noun
VERB (_plural_ VERBS)
* (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
_The word “speak” is an English VERB._
* (obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
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USAGE NOTES
Verbs compose a fundamental category of words in most languages. In an English clause, a verb forms the head of the predicate of the clause. In many languages, verbs uniquely conjugate for tense and aspect.
QUOTATIONS
* 2001 — Eoin Colfer, _Artemis Fowl_, p 221
Then you could say that the doorway exploded. But the particular VERB doesn't do the action justice. Rather, it shattered into infinitesimal pieces.
HYPONYMS
* See also Wikisaurus:verb
DERIVED TERMS
TRANSLATIONS
verb (plural verbs)
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(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
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The word “speak” is an English verb.
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(obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
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Verbs compose a fundamental category of words in most languages. In an
English clause, a verb forms the head of the predicate of the clause. In many languages, verbs uniquely conjugate for tense and aspect.
التي في فئةENGLISH - VERB
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Verb
VERB (_third-person singular simple present_ VERBS, _present participle_ VERBING, _simple past and past participle_ VERBED)
* (transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To use any word that is not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
* a. 1981 Feb 22, unknown Guardian editor as quoted by William Safire, _On Language_, in _New York Times_, pSM3
Haig, in congressional hearings before his confirmatory, paradoxed his auditioners by abnormalling his responds so that verbs were nouned, nouns VERBED and adjectives adverbised. He techniqued a new way to vocabulary his thoughts so as to informationally uncertain anybody listening about what he had actually implicationed... .
* 1997, David. F. Griffiths, Desmond J. Higham, _learning LATEX_, p8
Nouns should _never_ be VERBED.
* 2005 Oct 5, Jeffrey Mattison, _Letters_, in _The Christian Science Monitor_, p8
In English, VERBING nouns is okay
* (used as a neutral, unspecific verb, often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.
* 1946: Rand Corporation, _The Rand Paper Series_
_For example, one-part versions of the proposition "The doctor pursued the lawyer" were "The doctor VERBED the object,"_ ...
* 1964: _Journal of Mathematical Psychology_
_Each sentence had the same basic structure:_ The subject transitive VERBED the object who intransitive VERBED in the location_._
* 1998: Marilyn A. Walker, Aravind Krishna Joshi, _Centering Theory in Discourse_
_The sentence frame was_ Dan VERBED Ben approaching the store_. This sentence frame was followed in all cases by_ He went inside_._
QUOTATIONS
* For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
verb (third-person singular simple present verbs, present participle
verbing, simple past and past participle verbed)
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(transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To
use any word that is not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
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a. 1981 Feb 22, unknown Guardian editor as quoted by William Safire, On Language, in New York Times, pSM3
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Haig, in congressional hearings before his confirmatory, paradoxed his auditioners
by abnormalling his responds so that verbs were nouned, nouns verbed and adjectives adverbised. He techniqued a new way to vocabulary his thoughts so as to informationally uncertain anybody listening about what he had actually implicationed... .
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1997, David. F. Griffiths, Desmond J. Higham, learning LATEX, p8
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Nouns should never be verbed.
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2005 Oct 5, Jeffrey Mattison, Letters, in The Christian Science Monitor, p8
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In English, verbing nouns is okay
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(used as a neutral, unspecific
verb, often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.
التي في فئةENGLISH - SEE ALSO
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - See Also
* v.
* copula
* auxiliary verb
* main verb
التي في فئةCATALAN - ETYMOLOGY
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةCATALAN - NOUN
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةNORWEGIAN BOKMÅL - ETYMOLOGY
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةNORWEGIAN BOKMÅL - NOUN
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةNORWEGIAN BOKMÅL - REFERENCES
معلومات عن الموضوع
Norwegian Bokmål - References
* “verb” in _The Bokmål Dictionary_.
التي في فئةNORWEGIAN NYNORSK - ETYMOLOGY
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةNORWEGIAN NYNORSK - NOUN
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةNORWEGIAN NYNORSK - REFERENCES
معلومات عن الموضوع
Norwegian Nynorsk - References
* “verb” in _The Nynorsk Dictionary_.
التي في فئةROMANIAN - ETYMOLOGY
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةROMANIAN - PRONUNCIATION
معلومات عن الموضوع
Romanian - Pronunciation
* IPA(key): [verb]
التي في فئةROMANIAN - NOUN
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةSWEDISH - NOUN
معلومات عن الموضوع
Swedish - Noun
VERB n
* a verb
DECLENSION
RELATED TERMS
* hjälpverb
* verba
* verbal
* verbatim
* verbböjning
* verbform
* verbändelse
verb n
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a verb
التي في فئةSWEDISH - REFERENCES
معلومات عن الموضوع
Swedish - References
* verb in _Svenska Akademiens Ordlista_ över svenska språket (13th ed., online)