verb
/vɝb/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
noun
An action as opposed to a trait or thing.
verb
To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
Colloquial; Transitive verb
verb
Used as a placeholder for any verb.
noun
Example Sentences
- "The word “speak” is an English verb."
- "In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation / I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]"
- "a Verb of the Singular"
- "Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things."
- "You can invoke the Properties OLE verb in many ways. The easiest way is to move the mouse over the border of the control until it becomes only a four-way pointer and then right-click."
- "The InfiniBand verbs, which are closely modeled in the “Gen2” interface, provide the functional specification for the operations that should be allowed on an InfiniBand compliant adapter."
Etymology
From Middle English verbe, directly from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), reinforced by Old French verbe, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Doublet of verve and word.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *werh₁-, verbe, verbum, *werdʰo-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /vɝb/
- British English: /vɜːb/
Usage
Inflected Forms
verbs (plural)
vb. (alternative)
v. (alternative)
verbs (present, singular)
verbing (participle, present)
verbed (participle, past)
verbed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
verbed (first person, past)
verbest (archaic, present)
verbed (past, second person)