verb

Pronunciation: /vɝb/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
  2. noun a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
major form class
Narrower (hyponyms)
phrasal verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb, participle, infinitive

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