Verb

  • 21Verb — Tuwort (umgangssprachlich); Tunwort (umgangssprachlich); Zeitwort; Tätigkeitswort * * * Verb 〈[ vɛ̣rb] n. 27; Gramm.〉 Wort, das eine Tätigkeit, einen Vorgang od. Zustand ausdrückt, z. B. gehen, regnen, dauern; oV Verbum; Sy Tätigkei …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 22verb — 1. noun /vɜː(r)b/ A word that indicates an action, event, or state. The word “speak” is an English verb. 2. verb /vɜː(r)b/ a) To use any word that is not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb. Haig, in congressional hearings before his… …

    Wiktionary

  • 23Verb — Vẹrb [v ] das; s, en; eine Wortart, die eine Tätigkeit, einen Vorgang oder einen Zustand in Bezug auf einen Zeitpunkt oder eine Zeitspanne ausdrückt. Die Form des Verbs richtet sich nach Person, Numerus, Tempus usw ≈ Zeitwort <ein… …

    Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

  • 24verb — noun (C) a word or group of words that is used to describe an action, experience, or state, for example come , see , be , put on : to conjugate a verb see also: auxiliary verb, phrasal verb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25verb — noun Etymology: Middle English verbe, from Anglo French, from Latin verbum word, verb more at word Date: 14th century a word that characteristically is the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being, that …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26verb —  erbs can be defined generally (if a bit loosely) as words that have tense and that denote what someone or something is or does. Verbs that have an object are called transitive verbs that is, the verb transmits the action from subject to an… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 27verb — To use a noun as a verb. I like to verb words …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 28verb — To use a noun as a verb. I like to verb words …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 29verb — [[t]vɜ͟ː(r)b[/t]] verbs N COUNT A verb is a word such as sing , feel , or die which is used with a subject to say what someone or something does or what happens to them, or to give information about them. → See also phrasal verb …

    English dictionary

  • 30verb */ — UK [vɜː(r)b] / US [vɜrb] noun [countable] Word forms verb : singular verb plural verbs linguistics a type of word or phrase that shows an action or a state, for example run and remain …

    English dictionary