very

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   To a great degree; extremely.

   It was a very cold morning.

2. 2
   adv

   Used to emphasize that something is exactly the one mentioned.

   This is the very book I was looking for.

3. 3
   adj

   Exactly the same; identical.

   He proposed at the very table where they first met.

Common collocations

• very complicated Adverb + adjective
• very disappointing Adverb + adjective
• very funny Adverb + adjective
• very unfit Adverb + adjective
• very uninteresting Adverb + adjective
• very unlike Adverb + adjective
• very appealing Adverb + adjective
• very damaging Adverb + adjective
• very embodiment Adjective + noun

From Middle English verray, from Old French verai (“true”), from Early Medieval Latin vērāgus, from Classical Latin vērāx, derived from vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. Distantly cognate with the Old English wǣr (“true”). Over time displaced the use of a number of Germanic words or prefixes to convey the sense 'very' such as fele, full-, mægen, sore, sin-, swith, (partially) wel.

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