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Definition of verb noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

verb

noun
 
/vɜːb/
 
/vɜːrb/
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  1. a word or group of words that expresses an action (such as eat), an event (such as happen) or a state (such as exist)
    • regular/irregular verbs
    • transitive/intransitive verbs
    see also linking verb, main verb, phrasal verb, pro-verb, reciprocal verb
    Extra Examples
    • ‘Government’ can take a singular or plural verb.
    • Add an ending to make the verb agree with the subject.
    • Adverbs modify verbs.
    • Do you know how to conjugate the verb ‘seek’?
    • In this essay he has used the same verbs over and over again.
    • The subject doesn't agree with the verb.
    • Transitive verbs take a direct object.
    • What's the main verb of the sentence?
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • plural
    • singular
    • intransitive
    • …
    verb + verb
    • use
    • take
    • agree with
    • …
    verb + verb
    • take something
    • agree with something
    • inflect
    • …
    verb + noun
    • ending
    • form
    • tense
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French verbe or Latin verbum ‘word, verb’.
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