verb

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Related words 2.2 See also

[change] Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɜː(r)b/
• SAMPA: /v3:(r)b/
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[change] Noun

Singular verb

Plural verbs

1. (countable) A verb is a kind of word that usually tells about an action or a state and is the main part of a sentence. In English, verbs are the only kind of word that changes to show past or present tense. Here are some examples of verbs: verb examples

   In the sentence, "My father works on a farm," the verb is works.

[change] Related words

• auxiliary verb
• coverb
• defective verb
• ditransitive verb
• helping verb
• impersonal verb
• intransitive verb
• irregular verb
• lexical verb
• linking verb
• modal verb
• phrasal verb
• preverb
• regular verb
• serial verb
• stative verb
• strong verb
• transitive verb
• verbal
• verbose
• weak verb

[change] See also

• action
• being
• state
• state of being
• movement

Grammar (edit)
parts of speech	noun - verb - adjective - adverb - determiner - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions	subject - predicate - object - complement - modifier - adjunct - determiner
clauses	independent clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause