'Verb' definitions:
Definition of 'verb'
From: WordNet
noun
The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
noun
A content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
Definition of 'Verb'
From: GCIDE
- Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
- 1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action. [1913 Webster]
- Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
- Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Verb'
- Active verb,
- Auxiliary verb,
- Impersonal verb,
- Neuter verb,
- Passive verb,
- Personal verb,
- intransitive verb,
- linking verb,
- modal verb,
- object of the verb,
- phrasal verb,
- reflexive verb,
- transitive verb,
- verb phrase,
- doubly transitive verb,
- intransitive verb form,
- modal auxiliary verb,
- transitive verb form,
- doubly transitive verb form