English noun: verb |
1. | verb (communication) the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence |
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| Broader (hypernym) | major form class |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | auxiliary verb, infinitive, intransitive, intransitive verb, intransitive verb form, participial, participle, phrasal verb, transitive, transitive verb, transitive verb form |
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| Part meronym | verb |
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| Member meronym | conjugation |
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2. | verb (communication) a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence |
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| Broader (hypernym) | content word, open-class word |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | copula, copulative, frequentative, linking verb, reflexive verb |
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| Part holonym | verb |
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