verb

CEFRA2

/vɜːb/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A word that describes an action, event, or state.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An action as opposed to a trait or thing.

Examples

  • A sentence normally has a subject and a verb.

  • In English the verb precedes the object.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any word; a vocable.

  2. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

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

More examples

In context

  • In English, the usual sentence structure is Subject - Verb - Object/Complement.

  • Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.

  • The word “speak” is an English verb.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

In the sentence 'The dog runs,' the word 'runs' functions as a blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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.