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verb.

A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɜːb/Received-Pronunciation/vɝb/US/vəɹb/Canada[vɚ(ɹ)b]Canada
  1. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

    The word “speak” is an English verb.
  2. Any word; a vocable.

    obsolete
  3. An action as opposed to a trait or thing.

    figuratively
    Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.
  4. A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.

Where this word comes from

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.

verb/vɜːb/Received-Pronunciation/vɝb/US/vəɹb/Canada[vɚ(ɹ)b]Canada
  1. To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.

    colloquial · nonstandard · transitive
  2. Used as a placeholder for any verb.

Where this word comes from

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.

noun/vɜːb/Received-Pronunciation/vɝb/US/vəɹb/Canada[vɚ(ɹ)b]Canada
  1. Reverb.

Where this word comes from

Clipping of reverb.

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