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Moderateverb
The correct spelling is verb.
How to pronounce verb
/vɜːb/
nounIPA: /vɜːb/
Say it like: Ver-b
The correct spelling is verb. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state. For example: "The word “speak” is an English verb."
Usage Examples
“The word “speak” is an English verb.”
“Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
- 2.Any word; a vocable.
- 3.An action as opposed to a trait or thing.
- 4.A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.
verb
- 1.To use any word that is not, or had not been a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
- 2.(used as a neutral, unspecific verb) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.
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