verb
noun /vɜːb/
/vɜːrb/
(grammar)- 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
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagea1- ‘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?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- plural
- singular
- intransitive
- …
- use
- take
- agree with
- …
- take something
- agree with something
- inflect
- …
- ending
- form
- tense
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French verbe or Latin verbum ‘word, verb’.