verb

About 13.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

   The word “speak” is an English verb.

2. noun Any word; a vocable.
3. noun An action as opposed to a trait or thing.

   Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.

4. noun A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.
5. verb To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
6. verb Used as a placeholder for any verb.
7. noun Reverb.

Similar words

wording expression word reaction figure term words sneezing sneeze act

Often followed by

is in to and forms phrase form of agreement

Word family

verbed verbing verbless verbs