English language

How to pronounce verbs in English?

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Type Words
Type of open-class word, content word
Has types linking verb, frequentative, copula, copulative, reflexive verb
Derivation verbal, verbify
Type Words
Type of major form class
Has types transitive verb, transitive verb form, auxiliary verb, infinitive, intransitive, intransitive verb, intransitive verb form, participial, participle, phrasal verb, transitive
Derivation verbal, verbify

Examples of verbs

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Of course, nobody is complaining about old denominal verbs like surface or dock.
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More resourceful still, these sorts of verbs can then be turned back into nouns.
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Performative verbs are verbs carried out simply by means of uttering them aloud.
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Most verbs are regular enough not to require a knowledge of the principal parts.
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Special letters may be used to indicate final consonants in stem changing verbs.
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Bemba indicates causative verbs through alternation of the stem-final consonant.
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Two interesting examples of umlaut involve vowel distinctions in Germanic verbs.
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Not all consonant apophony in Germanic verbs is caused by grammatischer Wechsel.
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Bipersonal verbs have a subject and one object, which can be direct or indirect.
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  • The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
  • A content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
  • In syntax, a verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word (part of speech) that conveys action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), or a state of being (exist, stand). In most languages, verbs are inflected (modified in form) to encode tense, aspect, mood and voice. ...
  • VERB is a physical activity program of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Government. It includes print, online, and television advertising. Verb is a program that helps
  • (Verbing) In linguistics, conversion, also called zero derivation, is a kind of word formation; specifically, it is the creation of a word from an existing word without any change in form. Conversion is more productive in some languages than in others; in English it is a fairly productive process.
  • (VERBS) Leon Reid IV, also known as VERBS also known as Darius Jones, (born September 18, 1979) is an American artist widely credited as being among the pioneers of 21st century street art. His brief creative output is marked by numerous phases, several of which are known by separate alter-egos.
  • (Verbs (rapper)) Verbs (previously known as Knowdaverbs, real name Michael Boyer II) is a Christian hip hop artist who has achieved respect in the industry. Knowdaverbs has recorded for the Gotee label, home to GRITS and affiliated with dc Talk.
  • A word that indicates an action, event, or state; To use any word that is not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb; To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb
  • (Verb + s) Another way to form the passive voice is the -s form. The ending -s can be added to the infinitive, past tense or supine forms. In the present tense, -s is added to the infinitive of the -ar and long vowel verbs and to the stem of the -er and irregular verbs. ...