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control verb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.71 in modern English

Syllables
con-trol verb
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A verb which takes multiple arguments, one of which is another verb, such that one of the control verb's arguments (possibly its subject) is syntactically both an argument of the control verb and an argument of the other verb.

Inflected Forms

control verbs (plural)

Phrases

object-control subject-control

Frequently Paired Words

object-control subject-control

Questions

What does control verb mean?
A verb which takes multiple arguments, one of which is another verb, such that one of the control verb's arguments (possibly its subject) is syntactically both an argument of the control verb and an argument of the other verb.

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