verb

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A word that describes an action, event, or state, such as 'run' or 'be'.

   In the sentence 'She sings well', the word 'sings' is a verb.

2. 2
   verb

   To use a word that is normally a noun as if it were a verb.

   People often verb nouns, as when 'text' became a verb.

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.

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