Verb
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A Verb is a Word from the Verb Class (that indicates an action, an event, or a state)
- Context:
- It can be:
- Example(s):
- Action Verbs:
- go, come, step, suck, chew, eat up, swim, steal, extinguish.
- “verb” ⇒ "It is possible to [verb] any noun.”
- Being Verbs:
- “exist", "live", "soak", and "stand".
- Occurrence Verbs:
- “to decompose” (itself) and "to glitter".
- Auxiliary Verbs:
- “do”, “did”, ... “doeth” (in some Senses such as when substituting for another verb), e.g. “I feel better now than I did(feel)".
- ...
- Action Verbs:
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Predicate.
References
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=verb
- S: (n) verb (the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence)
- S: (n) verb (a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence)
- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verb#Noun
- 1. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, an event, or a state.