verb : Idioms & Phrases

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Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb

  • etc. See Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
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auxiliary verb

  • noun a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
    auxiliary verb.
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Auxiliary verbs

  • noun a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
    auxiliary verb.
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  • (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.
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doubly transitive verb

  • noun a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object
    doubly transitive verb.
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doubly transitive verb form

  • noun a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object
    doubly transitive verb.
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Impersonal verb

  • (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with him.
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intransitive verb

  • noun a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
    intransitive; intransitive verb.
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intransitive verb form

  • noun a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
    intransitive; intransitive verb.
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linking verb

  • noun an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
    copula; copulative.
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  • noun an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality
    modal auxiliary verb; modal auxiliary; modal.
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  • noun an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality
    modal auxiliary verb; modal auxiliary; modal.
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object of the verb

  • noun the object that receives the direct action of the verb
    direct object.
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Passive verb, ∨ Passive voice

  • (Gram.), a verb, or form of a verb, which expresses the effect of the action of some agent; as, in Latin, doceor, I am taught; in English, she is loved; the picture is admired by all; he is assailed by slander.
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Personal verb

  • (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons.
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phrasal verb

  • noun an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit
    • `turn out' is a phrasal verb in the question `how many turned out to vote?'
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reflexive verb

  • noun a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent
    • the sentence `he washed' has a reflexive verb
    • `perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself
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transitive verb

  • noun a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
    transitive; transitive verb.
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transitive verb form

  • noun a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
    transitive; transitive verb.
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verb phrase

  • noun one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
    predicate.
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