verb

noun/vɜrb/

Frequency rank: #5,937 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being.

Illustration for the English word “verb”

Example sentence

Teachers often ask students to find the verb in each sentence during grammar lessons.

Synonyms & related words

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