VERB

verb

(noun) the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

verb

(noun) a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

verb (plural verbs)

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.

(obsolete) Any word; a vocable.

(figurative) An action as opposed to a trait or thing.

(programming) A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.

Usage notes

Verbs compose a fundamental category of words in most languages. In an English clause, a verb forms the head of the predicate of the clause. In many languages, verbs uniquely conjugate for tense and aspect.

Hyponyms

• See: verb

Verb

verb (third-person singular simple present verbs, present participle verbing, simple past and past participle verbed)

(transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To use any word that is not, or had not been a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.

(used as a neutral, unspecific verb, often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.

Anagrams

• brev

Source: Wiktionary

Verb, n. Etym: [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]

1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] South.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.

Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. Earle. Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition