verb

Signification (English)

Noun

1. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
2. (obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
3. An action as opposed to a trait or thing.
4. A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.

Verb

1. (colloquial) To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
2. To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.

Concepts

verbe

Synonyms

𐑂𐐲𐑉𐐺

verbal

action word

predicate

story

tale

empty

word

V

V

verbal phrase

legend

noun

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/vɜːb/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: verbe

In summary

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.