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Verb

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Noun

1. verb

the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

2. verb

a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Verb

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noun
1. 
(in traditional grammar) any of a large class of words in a language that serve to indicate the occurrence or performance of an action, the existence of a state or condition, etc. In English, such words as run, make, do, and the like are verbs
2. (in modern descriptive linguistic analysis)
a. 
a word or group of words that functions as the predicate of a sentence or introduces the predicate
b. 
(as modifier)
a verb phrase

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Verb

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noun
any of a class of words expressing action, existence, or occurrence, or used as an auxiliary or copula, and usually constituting the main element of a predicate (Ex.: give, build, run, be, happen, do, have, would, seem)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Verb

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n.
1. Abbr. V or vb.
a. The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence in most languages.
b. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, as be, run, or conceive.
2. A phrase or other construction used as a verb.

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