verb

Also known as v., vb.

A verb is a word that generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand). In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs are inflected (modified in form) to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice. A verb may also agree with the person, gender or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. In English, three tenses exist: present, to indicate that an action is being carried out; past, to indicate that an action has

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A verb is a word that expresses an action (like "run" or "read"), an occurrence (like "happen"), or a state of being (like "exist"). Verbs matter because they are essential to forming meaningful sentences—they convey what is happening, has happened, or the condition of things, and in many languages they change form to show when something occurred and other important details about the action or state.

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Commons category: Verbs
entry in abbreviations table: so
exact match: www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#verb
equivalent class: www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#Verb
Stack Exchange tag: linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/verbs
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Contents

Agreement
Types
Intransitive verbs
Transitive verbs
Ditransitive verbs
Double transitive verbs
Copular verbs
Valency
Impersonal and objective verbs
Valency marking
Tense, aspect, and modality
Tense
Aspect
Mood and modality
Voice
Non-finite forms
See also
Verbs in various languages
Grammar
Other
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

For example: Lucy will go to school. (action, future) Barack Obama became the President of the United States in 2009. (occurrence, past) Mike Trout is a center fielder. (state of being, present)