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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
verb/vɜːb/
▶noun Grammar a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as run, become, or happen.
– derivatives
verbless adjective.
verbless adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. verbe or L. verbum ‘word, verb’.
'verb' also found in these Oxford entries:
abandon
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abbreviate
- abdicate
- abduct
- abet
- abhor
- abide
- abjure
- ablation
- abnegate
- abode
- abolish
- abominate
- abort
- abound
- abrade
- abreaction
- abridge
- abrogate
- abscission
- abscond
- abseil
- absent
- absolute
- absolutely
- absolve
- absorb
- absquatulate
- abstain
- abstract
- abuse
- abut
- accede
- accelerate
- accent
- accentuate
- accept
- access
- accession
- accessorize
- acclaim
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- accompany
- accomplish
- accord
Forum discussions with the word(s) "verb" in the title:
___ public concern (need a verb)
'age' as a verb
'applied / used' skills: [verb?]
'Apply to': followed by a noun or a verb?
'coaches' employees: another verb?
'coming in' late [phrasal verb?]
'corporate' as a verb?
'intuit' as a verb
'Lesson' as a verb?
'like + verb-ing' vs 'like + infinitive'
'money' as a verb
'moral high ground' plus verb and preposition?
'Need' as a defective verb in the past?
'of' between verb and the auxiliar???
'pants for' a stream of water [verb]
'processing and interpretation' plural or single verb
'round and round', a verb ?
's' with the verb
'Uploaded' Used as Intransitive Verb
'Will'(verb): Idiomatic?
'you can will' that everbody shall follow .... [lexical verb 'will']
(verb?) a schedule.
(verb) a responsibility
[...] that I thought + verb
[ask] Can i use understand as progressive verb?
[phrasal verb] hold out for
[verb] chest
"A" also uses the verb “to shift" at the end of.
"about what (noun) to (verb)"
"against" can be a verb?
more...
'age' as a verb
'applied / used' skills: [verb?]
'Apply to': followed by a noun or a verb?
'coaches' employees: another verb?
'coming in' late [phrasal verb?]
'corporate' as a verb?
'intuit' as a verb
'Lesson' as a verb?
'like + verb-ing' vs 'like + infinitive'
'money' as a verb
'moral high ground' plus verb and preposition?
'Need' as a defective verb in the past?
'of' between verb and the auxiliar???
'pants for' a stream of water [verb]
'processing and interpretation' plural or single verb
'round and round', a verb ?
's' with the verb
'Uploaded' Used as Intransitive Verb
'Will'(verb): Idiomatic?
'you can will' that everbody shall follow .... [lexical verb 'will']
(verb?) a schedule.
(verb) a responsibility
[...] that I thought + verb
[ask] Can i use understand as progressive verb?
[phrasal verb] hold out for
[verb] chest
"A" also uses the verb “to shift" at the end of.
"about what (noun) to (verb)"
"against" can be a verb?
more...
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